Complete mitochondrial genome of blackchin tilapia Sarotherodon melanotheron (Perciformes, Cichlidae)

Abstract

Blackchin tilapia, Sarotherodon melanotheron, is a highly salt-tolerant species in tilapias. In this paper, the complete mitochondrial genome of S. melanotheron was determined first. The mitogenome (16,627 bp) had the typical vertebrate mitochondrial gene arrangement, including 13 protein-coding, 22 tRNA, 2 rRNA genes, and 1 putative control region. It shared 95.1%, 93.2%, and 92.2% mitogenome sequence with Oreochromis aureus, Oreochromis niloticus, and Oreochromis mossambicus, respectively.

Keywords::

• Sarotherodon melanotheron
• tilapia
• mitogenome

Acknowledgments

We thank Prof. Wan Qi Cai for providing the specimens of S. melanotheron. We appreciate anonymous reviewers for providing valuable comments on this paper.

Declaration of interest: This work was supported by the Tilapia Industry Special Program (hyhyzx07-044-01) and Tilapia Industry Technology System in China (CARS-49-04B). The authors report no conflict of interest. The authors alone are responsible for the content and writing of the paper.