Complete mitochondrial genomes of the Southeast Asian freshwater pufferfishes, Pao abei (Roberts, 1998) and Pao suvattii (Sontirat and Soonthornsatit, 1985) (Tetraodontiformes: Tetraodontidae) and an insight into the taxonomic status of Pao species

Akinori Yamada; Ayaka Hamaguchi; Hikari Sakoda; Motohiro Kakamu; Hiroyuki Doi; Sasitorn Hasin; Osamu Arakawa

doi:10.1080/23802359.2021.1911708

Complete mitochondrial genomes of the Southeast Asian freshwater pufferfishes, Pao abei (Roberts, 1998) and Pao suvattii (Sontirat and Soonthornsatit, 1985) (Tetraodontiformes: Tetraodontidae) and an insight into the taxonomic status of Pao species

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2021 Apr 20;6(4):1448-1450. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2021.1911708.

Authors

Akinori Yamada¹, Ayaka Hamaguchi¹, Hikari Sakoda², Motohiro Kakamu², Hiroyuki Doi³, Sasitorn Hasin⁴, Osamu Arakawa¹

Affiliations

¹ Graduate School of Fisheries and Environmental Sciences, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan.
² Faculty of Fisheries, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan.
³ Nifrel, Suita, Japan.
⁴ Innovation of Environmental Management, College of Innovative Management, Valaya Alongkorn Rajabhat University Under the Royal Patronage, Pathumthani, Thailand.

Abstract

The complete mitochondrial genomes of the Southeast Asian freshwater pufferfishes, Pao abei and Pao suvattii, were reconstructed using the MGISEQ platform. The genomes were 16,448 bp and 16,449 bp in length, each made up of 37 mitochondrial genes (13 CDSs, 22 tRNAs, and two rRNAs) and putative control region. It is suggested that an accumulation of complete mitochondrial genome sequences can contribute to resolve the taxonomic status of Pao species.

Keywords: Mekong river; Monotrete; Tetraodon; Thailand; mitogenome.

Grants and funding

This work was supported by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science under Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research 19H03051 (to OA).