Abstract:
The
Onychostoma belongs to cyprinid group and contains 19 species from essentially morphological classification. However, the molecular phylogenetic relationship of
Onychostoma, was not very clear. Here, we presented molecular phylogenetic analysis of 8 species in
Onychostoma based on the whole mitochondrial genome sequence with
Danio rerio and
Spinibarbus denticulatus as outgroups. The results indicated that
Onychostoma did not appear monophyletic which included 3 groups:
Onychostoma macrolepis,
Onychostoma lini and
Onychostoma barbatum.
O.
barbatulum in clade 1,
Onychostoma gerlachi and
Onychostoma simum in clade 2,
Onychostoma rara and
Onychostoma alticorpus in clade 3. The result was roughly the same as the traditional morphological classification, which divides
Onychostoma into three branches. The mitochondrial whole genome was firstly used in Phylogenetic research of
Onychostoma and filled the shortage of Phylogenetic studies of this genus.