Abstract
The complete mitochondrial DNA of Channa argus, Channa maculata, C. maculate ♀ × C. argus ♂ and C. argus ♀ × C. maculata ♂ were sequenced to characterize and compare their mitochondrial genomes. The lengths were 16,558, 16,559, 16,558 and 16,559 bp respectively. Start codon of 13 protein-coding genes was ATG, except that COI was GTG. The control region of the mitogenome were 907, 908, 907 and 908 bp in C. argus, C. maculata and their reciprocal hybrids (C. argus ♀ × C. maculata ♂ and C. maculate ♀ × C. argus ♂), respectively.
Acknowledgements
The authors thank the anonymous reviewers for their helpful discussions and comments on the manuscript.
Declaration of interest
The authors report no conflicts of interest. The authors alone are responsible for the content and writing of this article. This research was supported by the National Key Technology R&D Program of China (No. 2012BAD26B03).