Mitochondrial genome sequence of the bluegill sunfish (Lepomis macrochirus)

Abstract

The bluegill sunfish (Lepomis macrochirus) belongs to Lepomis genera of the family Centrarchidae, which is an economically important freshwater species in China. This study presents the complete mitochondrial genome of L. macrochirus, which is the first complete sequence from sunfish species. L. macrochirus mitochondrial DNA is 16,489 bp long, with the genome organization and gene order being identical to that of the typical vertebrate.

Keywords::

• Mitochondrial
• Lepomis macrochirus
• genome

Acknowledgements

This research was supported by the Science-Technology Supporting Project of the National “Eleventh Five-Year-Plan” of China (grant no. 2006BAD01A1209) and “948” program of Ministry of Agriculture of the People's Republic of China (grant no. 2010-Z9).

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