The complete mitochondrial genome of Garra imberba (Teleostei, Cyprinidae, Garra)

Abstract

The beardless sucking bard, Garra imberba, is an important economic freshwater fish with very limited yield. In this study, we successfully sequenced the first mitochondrial genome of G. imberba by PCR. The mitogenome is 16,600 bp in length, containing 13 protein-coding genes, two rRNA genes, 22 tRNA genes and a control region (D-loop). The overall base composition of the H-strand is 31.5% A, 26.7% T, 16.1% C, and 25.8% G, with a slight AT bias of 58.2%. Most of the genes are encoded on heavy strand, except for eight tRNAs (tRNA^Gln, tRNA^Ala, tRNA^Asn, tRNA^Cys, tRNA^Tyr, tRNA^Ser, tRNA^Glu and tRNA^Pro) and ND6 genes.

• Garra imberba
• labeoninae
• mitochondrial genome

Acknowledgements

The authors are grateful to Xia Yun for his assistance with the laboratory work.

Declaration of interest

This work was supported by the grants from breeding project of provincial finance (2006yzGC08-022). The authors report no conflicts of interest. The authors alone are responsible for the content and writing of the paper.