Complete mitochondrial genome of the Korean bitterling Acheilognathus koreensis (Cypriniformes; Cyprinidae)

Abstract

The complete mitochondrial genome was sequenced from the Korean bitterling Acheilognathus koreensis. The genome sequence was 16,563 bp in size, and the gene order and contents were identical with the same genera Acheilognathus signifier and other previously reported fish mitochondrial genomes. Of 13 protein-coding genes (PCGs), four genes (CO2, CO3, ND4, and Cytochrome b) had incomplete stop codons. The base composition of A. koreensis showed anti-G bias (13.69%) on the third position of PCGs.

Keywords::

• Fish
• Korean bitterling
• complete mitochondrial genome
• Acheilognathus koreensis

Acknowledgements

We thank Dr Hans-U. Dahms for his comments on the manuscript.

Declaration of interest : This work was supported by a grant “The Genetic Evaluation of Important Biological Resources (2008)” from the National Institute of Biological Resources funded to Jae-Seong Lee. The authors report no conflicts of interest. The authors alone are responsible for the content and writing of the paper.