The phylogenomic position of the sabre squirrelfish (beryciformes: holocentridae) inferred from the mitochondrial genome.

In this study, the complete mitochondrial genome of the sabre squirrelfish , one member of family Holocentridae, is determined. It is a circular molecule whose length reaches 16,548 bp, consisting of 37 genes with typical order to most Chinese vertebrates. The nucleotide composition is: 30.3% A, 29.0% C, 15.3% G and 25.5% T. Located in gene junctions, there are total 39 bp short intergenic spaces and 30 bp overlaps. Two initial codons (GTG and ATG) and three terminal codons (TAG, AGG and TAA/T) are used in the protein-coding genes. Twenty-two tRNAs range from 67 to 74 bp. The control region (865 bp) is located between the tRNA- and tRNA- genes. The phylogenetic results show that is sister to .