The complete mitochondrial genome of rockfish Valenciennes, 1833 from southwest Atlantic ocean.

The mitogenome of rockfish, , has been determined for the first time. Assembled mitogenome was 16,767 bp in length, including 13 protein-coding genes, 22 transfer RNA and two ribosomal RNA genes as well as the non-coding region. The order and structure are the same as those of other species. was sister to and this clade is closely related with , as well as support for previously published complete mitochondrial genome trees (Sandel et al. 2018). The mitogenome of provides significant DNA molecular data for further identification and phylogenetic analysis within Scorpaenid.