The complete mitochondrial genome of black-spot snapper, Lutjanus fulviflamma (Perciformes: Lutjanidae)

Abstract

The complete mitochondrial genome sequence of Dory snapper, Lutjanus fulviflamma, was determined by high-throughput sequencing (HTS) technique. The circular mitogenome of L. fulviflamma was 16,512 bp in length encoding 37 genes (13 proteins, 22 tRNAs, 2 ribosomal RNAs) and 2 conserved noncoding elements; the control region (D-Loop) and the origin of light strand synthesis (OL). Among the protein-coding genes, unusual start codons were identified in ND2, COX1 and ND3 genes and incomplete stop codons were identified in seven genes. Phylogenetic analysis with the currently known mitogenomes in genus Lutjanus revealed that L. fulviflamma was most closely related to Lutjanus russellii with 91% sequence identity. ARTICLE HISTORY

Species diversity and phylogenetic relationships of snapper (Lutjanidae: Lutjanus) inferred from mitochondrial DNA markers

“…However, L. carponotatus performed closely related relationship to the black-spot species. This result has already been reported by previous studies based on 16S rRNA and cytb mitochondrial genes (Miller, Cribb, 2007) or mitogenomes (Kim et al, 2019). Miller, Cribb (2007 stated that the lack of the black spot in L. carponotatus may be a secondarily derived loss of this character.…”

“…The generating genetic data can provide a valuable source of information for studies on phylogeny, phylogeographic, and evolutionary history (Afriyie, 2020). In the last few decade, molecular markers such as mitochondrial and nuclear genes (Miller, Cribb, 2007;Gold et al, 2011;Chu et al, 2013;Gold et al, 2015;Wang et al, 2015), and mitogenomes (Andriyono et al, 2019) The research aims to examine the morphological and molecular characteristics of Lutjanus species collected from the coastal waters of Nghe An -Ha Tinh provinces based on 16S rRNA and COI mtDNA genes. The generated data will serve as scientific information, which could be applied for improving the monitoring program and conservation of fisheries resources.…”

“…Among the family Lutjanidae, Lutjanus is by far the most speciose genus, with 73 known species (Andriyono et al, 2019). Following the external coloration and diagnostic characters, lutjanids species were divided into several species groups, such as the black spot complex (6 species, Miller, Cribb ( 2007)), blue-lined complex (6 species, Barman (2014)), yellow-lined complex (7 species, Iwatsuki et al (2015)), and red snapper (12 species, Rivas (1996)).…”

Molecular Identification and Phylogenetic Tree Reconstruction of Marine Fish from the Essential Wetland Area of Banyuwangi, Indonesia

“…In this study, four species of Lutjanus (L. indicus, L. carponotatus, L. fulviflamma, dan L. argentimaculatus), were found, two species of Siganus (S. sutor dan S. vermiculatus), and one species of Sardinella melanura. Lutjanus genetic information has received the attention of many researchers, even information about the complete mitochondrial genome is known as Lutjanus vitta (Andriyono et al, 2018), Lutjanus carponotatus (Kim et al, 2019), and Lutjanus fulviflama (Andriyono et al, 2019d).…”