Complete mitochondrial genome of darkfin hind (Perciformes, Epinephelidae).

Darkfin hind, belongs to the subfamily Epinephelinae. It is one of the most important fish species in coral-reef ecosystem. In this study, the complete mitochondrial (mt) genome of has been determined. It was 16,592 bp in length and contained 13 protein-coding genes, 2 ribosomal RNA genes, 22 transfer RNA genes and 2 non-coding regions. The mitogenome sequence of shared 94% and 92% similarity to that of and , respectively. Phylogenetic tree was made based on the concatenated sequences of 12 protein-coding genes on mtH-strand. All the results provide insights into the evolution in the subfamily Epinephelinae.