Lionfish, Pterois volitans Linnaeus 1758, the complete mitochondrial DNA of an invasive species. (3rd March 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Del Río-Portilla, Miguel A.; Vargas-Peralta, Carmen E.; Machkour-M'Rabet, Salima; Hénaut, Yann; García-De-León, Francisco J.
• Is Part Of: Mitochondrial DNA. Volume 27:Number 2(2016)
• Page Start: 1423
• Page End: 1424
• Publication Date: 2016-03-03
• Subjects: Invasive species -- mitochondrial genome -- Pterois volitans
• DOI: 10.3109/19401736.2014.953075
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2380-2359

Abstract

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.