Complete mitochondrial DNA sequencing of Vieja synspila, a cichlid fish

Abstract

The Redhead cichlid (Vieja synspila) is an important aquarium fish and a useful phylogenetic organism of the Cichlidae family. In this study, we sequenced the mitochondrial genome of the Redhead cichlid for the first time. The mitogenome (16,543 bp) had the typical mitochondrial characteristics of other cichlid fish, including 13 protein-coding, 22 tRNA, two rRNA genes and one putative control region. This sequence will be helpful in studying the phylogenetic relationships between cichlid fish.

• Cichlida
• mitogenome
• Redhead cichlid

Acknowledgements

The authors would like to thank Professor Shaojun Liu and his colleagues in Hunan Normal University of China for their constructive comments. We thank Elixigen Corporation (Huntington Beach, California, USA) for helping in proofreading and editing the English of final manuscript.

Declaration of interest

This work was supported by a grant from the Shanghai University Knowledge Service Platform, Shanghai Ocean University Aquatic Animal Breeding Center (ZF1206). The authors report no conflicts of interest. The authors alone are responsible for the content and writing of the paper.