Four complete mitochondrial genomes of the genera Candidia, Opsariichthys, and Zacco (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae). (1st November 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Yin, Wei; Cao, Kai; He, Huan; Fu, Cuizhang
• Is Part Of: Mitochondrial DNA. Volume 27:Number 6(2016)
• Page Start: 4613
• Page End: 4614
• Publication Date: 2016-11-01
• Subjects: Candidia -- Cyprinidae -- mitochondrial genome -- Opsariichthys -- Zacco
• DOI: 10.3109/19401736.2015.1101582
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2380-2359

Abstract

Abstract: Members of Candidia, Nipponcrysis, Parazacco, Opsariichthys, and Zacco are a group of East Asian freshwater fishes, and these five genera form a monophyletic group within the subfamily Oxygastrinae (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae). In this study, we first determined complete mitogenomes of Candidia pingtungensis, Opsariichthys acutipinnis, O. chengtui, and Zacco acanthogenys . The four mitogenomes with the length of 16 611–16 615 bp displayed the same patterns in gene arrangements and the use of start and stop codons for protein-coding genes. Our phylogeny divided Candidia, Nipponcrysis, Parazacco, Opsariichthys, and Zacco into two major groups that the former three genera consisted of a group and the latter two genera formed another group. The phylogeny also revealed that C. pingtungensis was nested within Nipponcrysis . Our findings indicate that the taxonomy status of Candidia and Nipponcrysis is still needed to be confirmed.