title: Complete mitogenome of two moray eels of Gymnothorax formosus and Scuticaria tigrina (Anguilliformes: Muraenidae).
abstract: In this study, the complete mitogenome sequence of two moray eels of Gymnothorax formosus and Scuticaria tigrina (Anguilliformes: Muraenidae) has been sequenced by the next-generation sequencing method. The assembled mitogenome, with the length of 16,558 bp for G. formosus and 16,521 bp for S. tigrina, shows 78% identity to each other. Both mitogenomes follow the typical vertebrate arrangement, including 13 protein coding genes, 22 transfer RNAs, two ribosomal RNAs genes, and a non-coding control region of D-loop. The length of D-loop is 927 bp (G. formosus) and 850 bp (S. tigrina), which is located between tRNA-Pro and tRNA-Phe. The overall GC content is 45.5% for G. formosus and 47.9% for S. tigrina. Complete mitogenomes of G. formosus and S. tigrina provide essential and important DNA molecular data for further phylogenetic and evolutionary analysis for moray eel.
authors.affiliation: a Institute of Ocean and Earth Sciences, University of Malaya , Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia .
authors.forename: Kar-Hoe
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Loh
authors.affiliation: b Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica , Taipei , Taiwan .
authors.forename: Kwang-Tsao
authors.initials: KT
authors.lastname: Shao
authors.affiliation: c WeThink Biotech INC. , Taoyuan , Taiwan .
authors.forename: Ching-Hung
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: d Department of Aquaculture , National Taiwan Ocean University , Keelung , Taiwan .
authors.forename: Hong-Ming
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: e Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Malaya , Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia .
authors.forename: Amy Yee-Hui
authors.initials: AY
authors.lastname: Then
authors.affiliation: a Institute of Ocean and Earth Sciences, University of Malaya , Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia .
authors.forename: Poh-Leong
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Loo
authors.affiliation: a Institute of Ocean and Earth Sciences, University of Malaya , Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia .
authors.forename: Phaik-Eem
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Lim
authors.affiliation: a Institute of Ocean and Earth Sciences, University of Malaya , Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia .
authors.forename: Ving-Ching
authors.initials: VC
authors.lastname: Chong
authors.affiliation: f Center of Excellence for the Oceans, National Taiwan Ocean University , Keelung , Taiwan , and.
authors.forename: Kang-Ning
authors.initials: KN
authors.lastname: Shen
authors.affiliation: g Department of Bioscience Technology , Chung Yuan Christian University , Chung-Li , Taiwan.
authors.forename: Chung-Der
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Hsiao
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001482:Base Composition / Q000235:genetics; D004524:Eels / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*; D054629:Genome, Mitochondrial / Q000235:genetics*; D010802:Phylogeny; D012335:RNA, Ribosomal / Q000235:genetics; D012343:RNA, Transfer / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D012335:RNA, Ribosomal; D012343:RNA, Transfer
keywords: Gymnothorax formosus; Moray eel; Scuticaria tigrina; mitogenome; next generation sequencing