Characterization of the complete mitochondrial genome of Hyphessobrycon herbertaxelrodi (Characiformes, Characidae) and phylogenetic studies of Characiformes

Abstract

In this study, the complete mitochondrial genome of Hyphessobrycon herbertaxelrodi is presented, and we also discussed its mitochondrial characteristics. The full length of the mitochondrial genome was 17,417 bp, including 13 protein coding genes (PCGs), 2 ribosomal RNAs (12S and 16S), 22 transfer RNA genes, 1 non-coding control region (D-loop), and 1 origin of replication on the light-strand. The total nucleotide composition of mitochondrial DNA was 29.76%A, 29.88%T, 25.35%C, 15.01%G, and AT was 59.64%. The phylogenetic tree suggested that H. herbertaxelrodi shared the most recent common ancestor with Astyanax giton, Grundulus bogotensis, Astyanax paranae, and Oligosarcus argenteus.

The Complete Mitogenome of Amazonian Hyphessobrycon heterorhabdus (Characiformes: Characidae) as a Valuable Resource for Phylogenetic Analyses of Characidae

“…Phylogenetic analysis was performed using the same genomes reported previously [9]. We created a concatenated set of base sequences from 35 species to examine the phylogenetic relationships of the Characidae (see Supplementary Table S1; [10,[23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37]). Geneious ® software (version 9.0.5) was used to generate the alignments [38] and Lebiasina astrigata (Regan, 1903) was used as an outgroup.…”