The complete mitochondrial genome sequence of Pampus argenteus (Perciformes: Stromateidae)

Abstract

In this study, we sequenced and annotated the complete mitochondrial genome of Pampus argenteus (Perciformes: Stromateidae). The mitogenome is 17,098 bp in length, which contains 13 protein-coding genes, 2 rRNA genes, 23 tRNA genes and 2 non-coding regions: origin of light-strand replication (O_L) and control region (D-loop). The overall nucleotide base composition of P. argenteus mtDNA is A 30.35%, C 25.55%, G 15.28% and T 28.82%, with an A + T content of 59.17%. Except for ND6 gene and eight tRNA genes, all other mitochondrial genes were encoded on the heavy strand. The mitochondrial genome of P. argenteus may be helpful to the studies on conservation genetics and stock evaluation of P. argenteus resource, as well as molecular phylogeny and species identification of Stromateidae.

• Conservation genetics
• mitochondrial genome
• Pampus argenteus
• species identification
• stock evaluation

Declaration of interest

This work was supported by the Special Research Fund for national non-profit institutes (East China Sea Fisheries Research Institute, No. 2012M09). The authors report no conflicts of interest. The authors alone are responsible for the content and writing of the paper.