title: The mitochondrial genome of the spinyhead croaker Collichthys lucida: genome organization and phylogenetic consideration.
abstract: The complete mitochondrial genome of the spiny head croaker Collichthys lucida was determined in the present study. The mitochondrial DNA was 16,442 base pairs in length, and contained 13 protein coding genes, 22 transfer RNAs, 2 ribosomal RNAs, and one major non-coding control region, with the content and order of genes being similar to those in typical teleosts. Most of the genes of C. lucida were encoded on the H-strand, while the ND6 and eight tRNA (Gln, Ala, Asn, Cys, Tyr, Ser (UCN), Glu and Pro) genes were encoded on the L-strand. The reading frames of two pairs of genes overlapped: ATPase 8 and 6 and ND4L and ND4 by ten and seven nucleotides, respectively. The control region was unusually short at only 768bp, and absence of typical conserved blocks (CSB-D, CSB-E, and CSB-F). Phylogenetic analyses indicated that C. lucida was located in the cluster of fish species from the family Sciaenidae, supporting the traditional taxonomic classification of fish, and in the cluster of Serranidae, the divergence time in Plectropomus leopardus is longer than that among its coordinal species. On the other hand, phylogenetic analyses do not support the monophyletic of family Centracanthidae and genera Larimichthys and Collichthys, which is against the morphological results.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory for Marine Living Resources and Molecular Engineering, College of Marine Science, Zhejiang Ocean University, Zhoushan 316000, PR China.
authors.forename: Yuanzhi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: Rixin
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Tianjun
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Xu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial / Q000235:genetics; D054629:Genome, Mitochondrial; D010473:Perciformes / Q000235:genetics*; D010802:Phylogeny
chemical_list: D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial