Abstract
The complete mitochondrial genome of the Korean minnow Nipponocypris koreanus (Kim et al., 2005) which is endemic to Korean Peninsula has been amplified and sequenced in this study. The complete mitochondrial genome is 16,615 base pairs (bp) in total length, had the typical vertebrate mitochondrial gene arrangement, including 13 protein-coding genes, 2 rRNAs, 22 tRNAs, 1 control region (CR) and 1 light-strand replication origin (OL). The overall base composition of N. koreanus is 30.0% for A, 26.8% for T, 26.1% for C, 17.1% for G, with higher AT content 56.8%. This study will be rather beneficial for understanding the phylogenetic approach of Nipponocypris species and other related genera of cyprinid fishes.
Declaration of interest
The authors declare no competing materials in the preparation of this manuscript, and authors also responsible for the content and writing of this paper. The authors wish to thank for the grant support in related study from CEO, NTOU. This research is also supported from the grants of NSC for the corresponding author.