Mitochondrial genome of the spot-tail shark Carcharhinus sorrah (Carcharhiniformes: Carcharhinidae)

Abstract

In this article, we first presented the complete mitogenome of the spot-tail shark Carcharhinus sorrah, which is a medium-sized shark distributed in the tropical Indo-Pacific and is currently listed as “Near Threatened” on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List. The complete mitogenome of C. sorrah is 16,707 bp in length and contains typical 37 genes and one control region. The overall base composition is 31.4% A, 25.8% C, 13.2% G and 29.6% T. The control region is 1066 bp in length with the highest A + T content (66.8%) and lowest G content (13.2%).

• Elasmobranchii
• IUCN Red List
• near threatened

Declaration of interest

This study was supported by the National Natural Sciences Foundation of China (41006080) and the Major Projects of Basic Research in the Beibu Gulf of Guangxi (2010GXNSFE013002). The authors report no conflicts of interest. The authors alone are responsible for the content and writing of the article.