Abstract
In this study, the complete mitogenome sequence of cyprinid fish, Hainan gudgeon Sarcocheilichthys hainanensis Nichols & Pope, 1927 (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae) has been amplified and sequenced by employing long polymerase chain reaction method. The mitogenome, consisting of 16,674 base pairs (bp), had the typical vertebrate mitochondrial gene arrangement, including 13 protein-coding genes, 22 transfer RNAs, 2 ribosomal RNAs genes and a noncoding control region (CR). CR of 1004 bp length is located between tRNAPro and tRNAPhe. The overall base composition of S. hainanensis is 30.0% for A, 26.7% for C, 26.4% for T and 16.8% for G, with a slight AT bias of 56.4%. The complete mitogenome may provide rather essential and important DNA molecular data for further phylogenetic analysis for not only congeneric species but also higher different taxa of cyprinid fishes.
Declaration of interest
The authors declare no competing materials in the preparation and execution of this manuscript. The authors are responsible for the content and writing of this paper. The corresponding author (ISC) wishes to thank for the grant support for aquatic biodiversity research from CMBB, NTOU. The current work was also supported from the Taiwan–Russia international project grants of National Science Council, Taipei, for the corresponding author.