Table 2.

Nucleotide composition of mitogenomes across different Lethrinus species.

Species Name	Size (bp)	A%	T%	G%	C%	A + T%	AT-Skew	GC-Skew
Complete mitogenome
L. atlanticus	16,789	27.20	25.90	17.02	29.88	53.10	0.024	−0.274
L. laticaudis	16,758	26.98	25.63	17.10	30.30	52.61	0.026	−0.279
L. obsoletus	16,779	26.77	25.24	17.26	30.73	52.01	0.029	−0.281
Protein-coding genes (PCGs)
L. atlanticus	11,425	24.7	27.8	16.4	31.1	52.5	−0.058	−0.308
L. laticaudis	11,423	24.5	27.4	16.6	31.6	51.9	−0.061	−0.311
L. obsoletus	11,425	24	26.9	16.9	32.2	51	−0.056	−0.313
Ribosomal RNAs (rRNAs)
L. atlanticus	2757	30.9	21.3	21	26.8	52.3	0.184	−0.122
L. laticaudis	2761	30.9	21.6	21.1	26.4	52.5	0.179	−0.111
L. obsoletus	2664	31.4	21.7	20.7	26.2	53	0.183	−0.118
Transfer RNAs (tRNAs)
L. atlanticus	1562	27.3	26.9	24.3	21.5	54.2	0.008	0.063
L. laticaudis	1552	27.3	27.6	24	21.1	54.9	−0.007	0.063
L. obsoletus	1563	27.3	26.7	24.2	21.8	54	0.012	0.051
Control Region (CR)
L. atlanticus	983	31.2	30.6	14.9	23.3	61.9	0.010	−0.221
L. laticaudis	944	30.8	30.8	15.7	22.7	61.7	0.000	−0.182
L. obsoletus	970	29.7	30.2	16.9	23.2	59.9	−0.009	−0.157