Table 1. Genome sizes and nucleotide compositions for the mitochondrial genomes of 22 grouper species analyzed in this study and sampling locations of the 17 newly sequenced ones.
| Species | Sampling location | Genome size (bp) | Base compositions (%) | AT-skew | GC-skew | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | T | G | C | |||||||||||||||||
| Aethaloperca rogaa | HongKong, China | 16538 | 29.4 | 27.3 | 15.9 | 27.4 | 0.04 | -0.27 | ||||||||||||
| Anyperodon leucogrammicus | — | 16616 | 28.7 | 26.9 | 15.7 | 28.7 | 0.03 | -0.29 | ||||||||||||
| Cephalopholis argus | Taiwan | 16767 | 29.2 | 27.7 | 16.2 | 26.9 | 0.03 | -0.25 | ||||||||||||
| Cephalopholis sonnerati | HongKong, China | 16587 | 29.6 | 26.2 | 15.9 | 28.3 | 0.06 | -0.28 | ||||||||||||
| Cromileptes altivelis | Hainan, China | 16504 | 29.1 | 26.3 | 15.7 | 29.0 | 0.05 | -0.30 | ||||||||||||
| Epinephelus akaara | Fujian, China | 16795 | 28.7 | 27.3 | 16.2 | 27.8 | 0.03 | -0.26 | ||||||||||||
| Epinephelus areolatus | Hainan, China | 16965 | 28.7 | 27.1 | 16.3 | 28.0 | 0.03 | -0.26 | ||||||||||||
| Epinephelus awoara | Fujian, China | 16802 | 28.5 | 27.3 | 16.5 | 27.7 | 0.02 | -0.25 | ||||||||||||
| Epinephelus bruneus | — | 16692 | 28.5 | 26.6 | 16.2 | 28.7 | 0.03 | -0.28 | ||||||||||||
| Epinephelus coioides | Fujian, China | 16418 | 28.7 | 26.5 | 15.8 | 28.9 | 0.04 | -0.29 | ||||||||||||
| Epinephelus epistictus | Hainan, China | 16927 | 29.2 | 27.0 | 15.7 | 28.1 | 0.04 | -0.28 | ||||||||||||
| Epinephelus fuscoguttatus | Hainan, China | 16648 | 29.2 | 26.9 | 15.6 | 28.3 | 0.04 | -0.29 | ||||||||||||
| Epinephelus lanceolatus | — | 16714 | 29.5 | 26.5 | 15.1 | 28.8 | 0.05 | -0.31 | ||||||||||||
| Epinephelus moara | — | 16696 | 28.6 | 26.5 | 16.1 | 28.9 | 0.04 | -0.28 | ||||||||||||
| Epinephelus trimaculatus | Hainan, China | 16777 | 29.0 | 27.1 | 15.9 | 28.0 | 0.03 | -0.27 | ||||||||||||
| Hyporthodus octofasciatus | Fujian, China | 16545 | 28.6 | 27.4 | 16.3 | 27.8 | 0.02 | -0.26 | ||||||||||||
| Hyporthodusseptemfasciatus | — | 16558 | 28.6 | 26.8 | 16.3 | 28.3 | 0.03 | -0.27 | ||||||||||||
| Plectropomus areolatus | HongKong, China | 16770 | 28.8 | 27.6 | 16.3 | 27.2 | 0.02 | -0.25 | ||||||||||||
| Plectropomus leopardus | Fujian, China | 16753 | 29.1 | 28.0 | 16.2 | 26.7 | 0.02 | -0.24 | ||||||||||||
| Triso dermopterus | Hainan, China | 16605 | 28.2 | 25.7 | 16.7 | 29.4 | 0.05 | -0.28 | ||||||||||||
| Variola albimarginata | Taiwan | 16768 | 28.4 | 27.7 | 16.4 | 27.6 | 0.01 | -0.26 | ||||||||||||
| Variola louti | Hainan, China | 16770 | 28.4 | 27.8 | 16.3 | 27.5 | 0.01 | -0.26 | ||||||||||||
The species with listed sampling locations were sequenced in this study. These sampling locations are for fish markets where specimens were purchased. In China fresh groupers are usually only available in fish markets that are supplied by local fishermen, making these representative of the local fish fauna.