The mitochondrial genome of the bioluminescent fish Malacosteus niger Ayres, 1848 (Stomiidae, Actinopterygii) is large and complex, and contains an inverted-repeat structure

By

Gastineau, Romain
Otis, Christian
Boyle, Brian
Lemieux, Claude
Turmel, Monique
St-Cyr, Jérôme
Koken, Marcel, 1961-

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2023

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

1157

Pages

177--191

Subjects

Bioluminescence , Deep Sea Dragonfish , inverted-repeat , long-read sequencing , Malacosteinae , Mitogenome , Stomiidae

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1157.97921

 

Abstract

We determined the complete mitogenome sequence of the bioluminescent fish Malacosteus niger using long-read sequencing technologies. The 21,263 bp mitogenome features a complex structure with two copies of a 1198-bp inverted-repeat and a region of 2616-bp containing alternating copies of 16 and 26 bp repeat elements. Whole mitogenome phylogenies inferred from both nucleotide and amino-acid datasets place M. niger among Melanostomiinae. The need for additional complete mitogenome sequences from the subfamily Malacosteinae is discussed.