title: Lionfish, Pterois volitans Linnaeus 1758, the complete mitochondrial DNA of an invasive species.
abstract: The lionfish, Pterois volitans, native from the Indo-Pacific, has been found in Atlantic and Caribbean waters and is considered as an invasive species. Here we sequence its mitogenome (Genbank accession number KJ739816), which has a total length of 16,500 bp, and the arrangement consist of 13 protein-coding genes, 2 ribosomal RNA (rRNA) genes and 22 transfer RNA similar to other Pteroinae subfamily (family Scorpaenidae). This mitogenome will be useful for phylogenetic and population genetic studies of this invasive species.
authors.affiliation: a Departamento de Acuicultura , Centro de Investigación Científica y de Educación Superior de Ensenada , BC , México .
authors.forename: Miguel A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Del Río-Portilla
authors.affiliation: a Departamento de Acuicultura , Centro de Investigación Científica y de Educación Superior de Ensenada , BC , México .
authors.forename: Carmen E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Vargas-Peralta
authors.affiliation: b Laboratorio de Ecología Molecular y Conservación , GAIA-BIO, El Colegio de la Frontera Sur (ECOSUR) , Chetumal , Quintana Roo , Mexico .
authors.forename: Salima
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Machkour-M'Rabet
authors.affiliation: c Laboratorio de Conducta Animal y Etología Aplicada , GAIA-BIO, El Colegio de la Frontera Sur (ECOSUR) , Chetumal , Quintana Roo , Mexico , and.
authors.forename: Yann
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hénaut
authors.affiliation: d Laboratorio de Genética para la Conservación , Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste (CIBNOR), Instituto Politécnico Nacional 195, Colonia Playa Palo de Santa Rita Sur , Baja California Sur , México.
authors.forename: Francisco J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: García-De-León
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001482:Base Composition; D023061:Gene Order; D059646:Genome Size; D054629:Genome, Mitochondrial; D058865:Introduced Species; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000235:genetics*; D010473:Perciformes / Q000235:genetics*; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA / Q000379:methods
keywords: Invasive species; Pterois volitans; mitochondrial genome