Acanthurus tractus
Ocean surgeonfish
GC content
43.15%
Whole genome
Non-coding
866 bp
Including the D-loop
Where Ocean surgeonfish sits among 2,335 species
Whole-genome GC content against maximum lifespan. Ocean surgeonfish has the 425th longest lifespan of them.
- This species
- Other ray-finned fishes
- Other classes
Base composition
Whole genome16,480 bp
- GC skew (G − C) / (G + C)
- −0.266
- AT skew (A − T) / (A + T)
- +0.034
About this record
- Lifespan source
- FishBase v26.06
- Based on
- an animal in the wild
- Data quality
- acceptable
- Licence
- CC BY-NC 4.0
- Status
- New in build 2
- In the database since
- build 2 (2026-11-13)
The lifespan value is for non-commercial use only; the genome data is not restricted by it.
Every change against the 2015 build is in the changelog download.
Composition by region
Reference (L) strand as deposited in RefSeqWhole genome16,480 bp
Protein-coding11,428 bp
12S rRNA950 bp
16S rRNA1,689 bp
All tRNA1,556 bp
Genes and regions
Select a column to sort; select a gene to compare it across species| Composition | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ND1NADH dehydrogenase subunit 1 | 975 bp | 43.69% | −0.329 | −0.042 | |||||
| ND2NADH dehydrogenase subunit 2 | 1,046 bp | 46.27% | −0.368 | −0.004 | |||||
| COX1Cytochrome c oxidase subunit I | 1,566 bp | 40.17% | −0.167 | −0.095 | |||||
| COX2Cytochrome c oxidase subunit II | 691 bp | 40.38% | −0.262 | +0.019 | |||||
| ATP8ATP synthase F0 subunit 8 | 168 bp | 42.26% | −0.380 | +0.072 | |||||
| ATP6ATP synthase F0 subunit 6 | 684 bp | 39.91% | −0.385 | −0.080 | |||||
| COX3Cytochrome c oxidase subunit III | 785 bp | 44.97% | −0.275 | −0.042 | |||||
| ND3NADH dehydrogenase subunit 3 | 346 bp | 44.80% | −0.394 | −0.215 | |||||
| ND4LNADH dehydrogenase subunit 4L | 297 bp | 46.47% | −0.362 | −0.157 | |||||
| ND4NADH dehydrogenase subunit 4 | 1,381 bp | 43.09% | −0.361 | +0.003 | |||||
| ND5NADH dehydrogenase subunit 5 | 1,848 bp | 42.15% | −0.368 | +0.020 | |||||
| ND6NADH dehydrogenase subunit 6 | 522 bp | 43.87% | −0.432 | +0.406 | |||||
| CYTBCytochrome b | 1,141 bp | 45.14% | −0.344 | −0.070 | |||||
| 12S rRNA12S ribosomal RNA | 950 bp | 46.95% | −0.076 | +0.175 | |||||
| 16S rRNA16S ribosomal RNA | 1,689 bp | 44.52% | −0.120 | +0.247 |
Codon usage
Counts per codon, darker is more frequent3,814 codons in all protein-coding genes. Grouped with the Vertebrate mitochondrial code (NCBI table 2).
Phe F6.4%
UUU103
UUC141
Leu L16.6%
UUA125
UUG24
CUU145
CUC116
CUA193
CUG31
Ile I7.5%
AUU187
AUC98
Met M4.3%
AUA110
AUG55
Val V5.9%
GUU62
GUC55
GUA87
GUG20
Ser S6.8%
UCU58
UCC70
UCA72
UCG7
AGU13
AGC41
Pro P5.6%
CCU67
CCC60
CCA75
CCG10
Thr T7.7%
ACU69
ACC93
ACA118
ACG15
Ala A9.0%
GCU74
GCC132
GCA128
GCG11
Tyr Y3.0%
UAU64
UAC50
His H2.9%
CAU42
CAC67
Gln Q2.3%
CAA79
CAG8
Asn N3.0%
AAU47
AAC68
Lys K1.9%
AAA67
AAG7
Asp D2.0%
GAU28
GAC47
Glu E2.7%
GAA89
GAG14
Cys C0.7%
UGU8
UGC18
Trp W3.0%
UGA106
UGG10
Arg R2.0%
CGU8
CGC14
CGA50
CGG6
Gly G6.4%
GGU45
GGC71
GGA106
GGG23
Stop 0.2%
UAA5
UAG1
AGA0
AGG1
Genome map
37 annotated features in NC_082571.1Hover, tap or tab to a feature to see its position, length, strand and GC content. Genes and rRNAs open their own pages.
- Protein-coding13
- rRNA2
- tRNA22
- Outer ring: + strand, arrows run clockwise. Inner ring: − strand.
- Middle ring: GC% of each gene against the whole genome (43.1%, dashed): out is GC-richer, in is AT-richer (full height = 6 points).
All 37 features as a table
| Feature | Type | Start | End | Length | Strand | GC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| tRNA-Phe | Transfer RNA | 1 | 68 | 68 bp | + | – |
| 12S rRNA | Ribosomal RNA | 69 | 1,018 | 950 bp | + | 47.0% |
| tRNA-Val | Transfer RNA | 1,019 | 1,089 | 71 bp | + | – |
| 16S rRNA | Ribosomal RNA | 1,090 | 2,778 | 1,689 bp | + | 44.5% |
| tRNA-Leu (UUR) | Transfer RNA | 2,779 | 2,852 | 74 bp | + | – |
| ND1 | Protein-coding gene | 2,853 | 3,827 | 975 bp | + | 43.7% |
| tRNA-Ile | Transfer RNA | 3,832 | 3,901 | 70 bp | + | – |
| tRNA-Gln | Transfer RNA | 3,901 | 3,971 | 71 bp | − | – |
| tRNA-Met | Transfer RNA | 3,971 | 4,039 | 69 bp | + | – |
| ND2 | Protein-coding gene | 4,040 | 5,085 | 1,046 bp | + | 46.3% |
| tRNA-Trp | Transfer RNA | 5,086 | 5,158 | 73 bp | + | – |
| tRNA-Ala | Transfer RNA | 5,159 | 5,227 | 69 bp | − | – |
| tRNA-Asn | Transfer RNA | 5,229 | 5,301 | 73 bp | − | – |
| tRNA-Cys | Transfer RNA | 5,336 | 5,401 | 66 bp | − | – |
| tRNA-Tyr | Transfer RNA | 5,402 | 5,472 | 71 bp | − | – |
| COX1 | Protein-coding gene | 5,474 | 7,039 | 1,566 bp | + | 40.2% |
| tRNA-Ser (UCN) | Transfer RNA | 7,031 | 7,101 | 71 bp | − | – |
| tRNA-Asp | Transfer RNA | 7,105 | 7,178 | 74 bp | + | – |
| COX2 | Protein-coding gene | 7,186 | 7,876 | 691 bp | + | 40.4% |
| tRNA-Lys | Transfer RNA | 7,877 | 7,952 | 76 bp | + | – |
| ATP8 | Protein-coding gene | 7,954 | 8,121 | 168 bp | + | 42.3% |
| ATP6 | Protein-coding gene | 8,112 | 8,795 | 684 bp | + | 39.9% |
| COX3 | Protein-coding gene | 8,795 | 9,579 | 785 bp | + | 45.0% |
| tRNA-Gly | Transfer RNA | 9,580 | 9,651 | 72 bp | + | – |
| ND3 | Protein-coding gene | 9,653 | 9,998 | 346 bp | + | 44.8% |
| tRNA-Arg | Transfer RNA | 9,999 | 10,068 | 70 bp | + | – |
| ND4L | Protein-coding gene | 10,069 | 10,365 | 297 bp | + | 46.5% |
| ND4 | Protein-coding gene | 10,359 | 11,739 | 1,381 bp | + | 43.1% |
| tRNA-His | Transfer RNA | 11,740 | 11,808 | 69 bp | + | – |
| tRNA-Ser (AGY) | Transfer RNA | 11,809 | 11,876 | 68 bp | + | – |
| tRNA-Leu (CUN) | Transfer RNA | 11,887 | 11,959 | 73 bp | + | – |
| ND5 | Protein-coding gene | 11,960 | 13,807 | 1,848 bp | + | 42.2% |
| ND6 | Protein-coding gene | 13,804 | 14,325 | 522 bp | − | 43.9% |
| tRNA-Glu | Transfer RNA | 14,326 | 14,394 | 69 bp | − | – |
| CYTB | Protein-coding gene | 14,399 | 15,539 | 1,141 bp | + | 45.1% |
| tRNA-Thr | Transfer RNA | 15,540 | 15,611 | 72 bp | + | – |
| tRNA-Pro | Transfer RNA | 15,611 | 15,680 | 70 bp | − | – |