Complete mitochondrial genome of saw-jawed monocle bream Scolopsis ciliata and its phylogenetic relationship in genus Scolopsis

Abstract

The complete mitochondrial genome of the saw-jawed monocle bream, Scolopsis ciliata was determined by the next generation sequencing (NGS) technique. The circular mitogenome of S. ciliata (16,733 bp) encoded the canonical 37 genes including 13 proteins, 22 tRNA genes, 2 rRNAs (12S rRNA and 16S rRNA), and two non-coding regions; the origin of light strand replication (OL) and the putative control region (D-Loop). The gene arrangement of the S. ciliata mitogenome was identical to its relative, Scolopsis vosmeri. Phylogenetic analysis based on the full mitochondrial genome sequences showed that S. ciliata is most closely related to S. vosmeri with 83% nucleotide sequence identity. The mitogenome information of S. ciliata would be the useful information to understand the evolutional relationship of fishes in genus Scolopsis.