Complete mitochondrial genome of the smallmouth hardyhead (Atherinosoma microstoma) and its phylogenetic position among the Atheriniform fishes

Abstract

In this paper, I report the full mitochondrial genome sequence of the smallmouth hardyhead (Atherinosoma microstoma), an endemic marine fish from the shallow coastal waters of southeastern Australia. The mitogenome is 16,573 bp-long with the standard 37 genes all included, with a genomic structure typical of a vertebrate mitogenome. In order to confirm the phylogenetic position of this species, phylogenetic trees were inferred using a data set including publicly available 28 atherinomorph, nine percomorph, and two outgroup mitogenome sequences. The complete mitogenome data of A. microstoma reported here will be useful for further genetics, phylogeography, and phylogenetics studies involving this species.