title: Complete mitochondrial genome of the giant croaker Nibea japonica (Perciformes, Sciaenidae) and phylogenetic analysis of the Sciaenidae.
abstract: The giant croaker Nibea japonica (Perciformes, Sciaenidae) is an important economic fish distributing in the East China Sea, South China Sea, and Japan southern coast. In this study, the complete mitochondrial genome of N. japonica was firstly determined. It is 16 496 bp-length and consists of 22 tRNA genes, 13 protein-coding genes, two rRNA genes, and a control region. Except for eight tRNA and ND6 genes, all other mitochondrial genes are encoded on the heavy strand. Phylogenetic analysis revealed that N. japonica, A. amoyensis, and other seven fish first clustered into the Argyrosominae clade. It is consistent with the taxonomic status. Then, the Argyrosominae, Pseudosciaeninae, and Sciaeniae formed the sister group, while the Johniinae became a separate clade, which is inconsistent with the previous phenotypic report. It is suggested that the researches of single gene and taxionomic might lose some significant evolutionary characters. This study will contribute to phyogenetic analysis of the Sciaenidae and the natural resources conservation.
authors.affiliation: a Key Laboratory of Applied Marine Biotechnology of Ministry of Education, Ningbo University , Ningbo , PR China and.|b Key Lab of Mariculture and Enhancement of Zhejiang Province, Marine Fisheries Research Institute of Zhejiang , Zhoushan , PR China.
authors.forename: Zehui
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.affiliation: b Key Lab of Mariculture and Enhancement of Zhejiang Province, Marine Fisheries Research Institute of Zhejiang , Zhoushan , PR China.
authors.forename: Xuejun
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Chai
authors.affiliation: b Key Lab of Mariculture and Enhancement of Zhejiang Province, Marine Fisheries Research Institute of Zhejiang , Zhoushan , PR China.
authors.forename: Yuebin
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: b Key Lab of Mariculture and Enhancement of Zhejiang Province, Marine Fisheries Research Institute of Zhejiang , Zhoushan , PR China.
authors.forename: Yunhai
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.affiliation: a Key Laboratory of Applied Marine Biotechnology of Ministry of Education, Ningbo University , Ningbo , PR China and.
authors.forename: Dongfa
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Zhu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial / Q000235:genetics; D029941:Fish Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D020459:Genes, rRNA; D054629:Genome, Mitochondrial; D019901:Locus Control Region; D016366:Open Reading Frames / Q000235:genetics; D010473:Perciformes / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*; D010802:Phylogeny; D012343:RNA, Transfer / Q000235:genetics; D000073336:Whole Genome Sequencing
chemical_list: D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial; D029941:Fish Proteins; D012343:RNA, Transfer
keywords: Nibea japonica; Sciaenidae; mitochondrial genome; phylogenetic analysis