Abstract
In this study, we present the complete mitochondrial gene for the freshwater goby Rhinogobius giurinus. The genome is a circular molecule of 16,520 bp in length and consists of 13 protein-coding genes, 22 tRNA genes, 2 ribosomal RNA genes and 2 main non-coding regions (the control region and the origin of the light strand replication). The overall base composition of R. giurinus is 26.08% for T, 29.56% for C, 27.73% for A and 16.63% for G, with a slight A + T bias of 53.81%. It has the typical vertebrate mitochondrial gene arrangement.
Declaration of interest
This work was financially supported by the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (No. 2012ZYTS027 and No. 2013SC05) and Project of Wetland Restoration and Protection of Liangzi Lake. The authors report no conflicts of interest. The authors alone are responsible for the content and writing of the article.