Addressing the complex phylogenetic relationship of the Gempylidae fishes using mitogenome data.

ABSTRACT: The Gempylidae (snake mackerels) family, belonging to the order Perciformes, consists of about 24 species described in 16 genera primarily distributed in tropical, subtropical, and temperate seas worldwide. Despite substantial research on this family utilizing morphological and molecular approaches, taxonomy categorization in this group has remained puzzling for decades prompting the need for further investigation into the underlying evolutionary history among the gempylids using molecular tools. In this study, we assembled eight complete novel mitochondrial genomes for five Gempylidae species (Neoepinnula minetomai, Neoepinnula orientalis, Rexea antefurcata, Rexea prometheoides, and Thyrsites atun) using Ion Torrent sequencing to supplement publicly avai

SUBMITTER: Mthethwa S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10283032 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature