Complete mitochondrial genome of the rare hypogean gobiid, Luciogobius pallidus, from Korea

Abstract

The rare hypogean gobiid, Luciogobius pallidus, inhabits mainly in groundwater, spring, or upper rocky tidal regions in Korea and Japan. In this paper, the complete mitochondrial genome sequence of L. pallidus was firstly determined. The gene composition and order of L. pallidus were similar to most of the other fishes. The total length of the rare hypogean gobiid mitochondrial genome is 16,480 bp, including 13 protein-coding genes, 22 tRNA, 2 rRNA and 1 control region (CR). All genes were encoded on the heavy (H)-strand, with the exceptions of ND6 and eight tRNA genes, as found in other vertebrates. The CR (833 bp in length) is located between the tRNA-Pro and tRNA-Phe genes and contains three central conserved sequence blocks (CSB-D, CSB-E and CSB-F), three conserved sequence blocks (CSB-1, CBS-2 and CBS-3), and its 3′ end embeds a poly-T-nucleotide sequence.

• Complete mitochondrial genome
• hypogean gobiid
• Luciogobius pallidus

Acknowledgements

The authors thank anonymous reviewers for providing valuable comments on the manuscript. We also express our gratitude to the following persons for their sampling support: Jung-Hyun An (National Institute of Biological Resources, NIBR, Korea), Hyun-Geun Cho (NIBR), Seung-Hyun Lee (Cheju National University, Korea) and Hyo-Jae Yu (Pukyeong National University, Korea).

Declaration of interest

This project was supported by a grant entitled “The Genetic Evaluation of Important Biological Resources (2013)” from the National Institute of Biological Resources of the Korean Government. The authors report no conflicts of interest. The authors alone are responsible for the content and writing of the paper.