Mitochondrial genome of blotched fantail ray Taeniura meyeni (Myliobatiformes: Dasyatidae)

Abstract

The complete mitogenome of the blotched fantail ray Taeniura meyeni (Myliobatiformes: Dasyatidae) was first presented. The mitogenome is 17,638 bp in length and contains 13 protein-coding genes, 2 rRNAs, 22 tRNAs and control region, with the typical gene order and direction of transcription in vertebrate. The overall nucleotide composition of the whole mitogenome is A 30.74%, C 28.16%, G 13.47% and T 27.63%. The termination-associated sequence and three conserved sequence blocks were identified in the control region.

Keywords::

• Taeniura meyeni
• mitogenome
• Myliobatiformes
• Dasyatidae

Declaration of interest:

This study was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (41006080) and Ministry of Science and Technology of Zhejiang Province (2007F10011).

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