Complete mitochondrial genome of the Amur stickleback Pungitius sinensis (Gasterosteiformes, Gasterosteidae)

Abstract

The complete mitochondrial genome was sequenced from the Amur stickleback Pungitius sinensis. The genome sequence was 16,581 bp in size, and the gene order and contents were identical with those of previously reported fish mitochondrial genomes. Of 13 protein-coding genes (PCGs), four genes (ND2, CO2, ND4, Cytb) had incomplete stop codons. The base composition of P. sinensis showed anti-G bias (9.53%) on the third position of PCGs.

Keywords::

• Fish
• Amur stickleback
• complete mitochondrial genome
• Pungitius sinensis

Acknowledgments

We thank Dr Hans-U. Dahms for his comments on the manuscript. This work was supported by a grant “The Genetic Evaluation of Important Biological Resources (2008)” from the National Institute of Biological Resources funded to Jae-Seong Lee.

Declaration of interest: The authors report no conflicts of interest. The authors alone are responsible for the content and writing of the paper.