Complete mitochondrial DNA sequence of the Pacific sand lance Ammodytes hexapterus (Perciformes: Ammodytidae): Mitogenomic perspective on the distinction of Ammodytes hexapterus and Ammodytes personatus

Abstract

The complete mitochondrial genome of the Pacific sand lance Ammodytes hexapterus was determined. The entire sequence is 16,527 bp in length assembling 22 tRNAs, 2 rRNAs and 13 protein-coding genes as well as the putative control region and O_L. The gene arrangement and component are identical to those of canonical vertebrate mitochondrial genomes. The length of 16S rRNA and the repetitive times of termination-associated sequence in control region could be a useful marker for the distinction of A. hexapterus and A. personatus.

Keywords::

• Ammodytes hexapterus
• Ammodytes personatus
• mitochondrial genome
• control region

Acknowledgements

We are grateful to Prof. Hideo Yoshida and Prof. Yasunori Sakurai for the sample collection.

Declaration of interest: The study was supported by Public Science and Technology Research Funds Projects of Ocean (201305030) and National High Technology Research and Development Program (No. 2006AA09Z). The authors report no conflicts of interest. The authors alone are responsible for the content and writing of the paper.