The complete mitochondrial genome of Nibea coibor (Perciformes, Sciaenidae)

Abstract

We present the complete mitochondrial genome of Nibea coibor in this study. The mitochondrial genome is 16,502 bp in length and consists of 13 protein-coding genes, 2 rRNA genes, 22 tRNA genes and a control region. All of them are encoded on the heavy strand except ND6 and 8 tRNA genes on the light strand. The nucleotide compositions of the light strand were 31.62% of G, 26.88% of T, 25.19% of A and 16.31% of C. Three types of initiation codons are ATA (ATP6), ATG (ND2, COXI, COXII, ATP8, COXIII, ND3, ND4L, ND4, ND5, ND6, Cytb) and GTG (ND1), and 3 types of termination codons are AGA (COXI), T (ND2, COXII, ND3, ND4) and TAA (ATP6, ATP8, COXIII, ND4L, ND5, ND6, Cytb, ND1). There are 13 intergenic spacers, 7 gene overlaps and no tandem repeat sequence. Gene arrangement and distribution are consistent with the typical vertebrates.

• Mitochondrial genome
• ngs techniques
• Nibea coibor
• Sciaenidae

Declaration of interest

The authors report no conflicts of interest. The authors themselves are responsible for the content and writing of the paper. This work is supported by the Special Fund for Agro-Scientific Research in Public Interest (No. 201303048), the National Infrastructure of Fishery Germplasm Resources (2008DKA30470-010).