Complete mitogenome of the brown guitarfish Rhinobatos schlegelii (Rajiformes, Rhinobatidae)

Abstract

The complete mitochondrial genome of the brown guitarfish Rhinobatos schlegelii is presented for the first time in this study. It is 16,780 bp in length, consisting 13 protein-coding genes, 22 tRNA genes, 2 rRNA genes and 1 putative control region with the typical gene order and direction of transcription in vertebrates. The overall base composition is 32.1% A, 26.3% C, 13.2% G and 28.3% T. Two start codon (GTG and ATG) and two stop codon patterns (TAG and TAA/T) were found in protein-coding genes. The 22 tRNA genes ranged from 67 (tRNA-Ser2) to 75 (tRNA-Leu1) bp in length. The origin of L-strand replication (OL) was between tRNA-Asn and tRNA-Cys genes within the WANCY region. The tRNA-Ser2 could not be fold into the typical cloverleaf secondary structure because of the replacement of its dihydrouridine arm by a simple loop. The control region was 1089 bp in length with high A + T content (64.0%).

• Guitarfish
• mitogenome
• Rhinobatos schlegelii

Declaration of interest

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