The complete mitochondrial genome of the Mexican-endemic cavefish Ophisternoninfernale (Synbranchiformes, Synbranchidae): insights on patterns of selection and implications for synbranchiform phylogenetics

is one of the 200+ troglobitic fish species worldwide, and one of the two cave-dwelling fishes endemic to the karstic aquifer of the Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico. Because of its elusive nature and the relative inaccessibility of its habitat, there is virtually no genetic information on this enigmatic f...

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Published inZooKeys Vol. 1089; pp. 1 - 23
Main Authors Mar-Silva, Adán Fernando, Arroyave, Jairo, Díaz-Jaimes, Píndaro
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers 2022
Subjects
Americas
Cenozoic
Evolutionary Biology
Genetics
Mexico
Molecular Genetics
Molecular Systematics
Phylogeny
Synbranchidae
Synbranchiformes
Systematics
Blind swamp eel
Yucatan Peninsula
systematics
troglobitic
mitogenome
karst aquifer
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Summary:is one of the 200+ troglobitic fish species worldwide, and one of the two cave-dwelling fishes endemic to the karstic aquifer of the Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico. Because of its elusive nature and the relative inaccessibility of its habitat, there is virtually no genetic information on this enigmatic fish. Herein we report the complete mitochondrial genome of , which overall exhibits a configuration comparable to that of other synbranchiforms as well as of more distantly related teleosts. The K /K ratio indicates that most mtDNA PCGs in synbranchiforms have evolved under strong purifying selection, preventing major structural and functional protein changes. The few instances of PCGs under positive selection might be related to adaptation to decreased oxygen availability. Phylogenetic analysis of mtDNA comparative data from synbranchiforms and closely related taxa (including the indostomid ) corroborate the notion that indostomids are more closely related to synbranchiforms than to gasterosteoids, but without rendering the former paraphyletic. Our phylogenetic results also suggest that New World species of might be more closely related to than to the remaining species. This novel phylogenetic hypothesis, however, should be further tested in the context of a comprehensive systematic study of the group.
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Academic editor: C. McMahan
ISSN:1313-2989
1313-2970
DOI:10.3897/zookeys.1089.78182