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Abstract
Schizopygopsis chengi baoxingensis is endemic to the Baoxing River in China and may become an endangered species due to its very narrow habitat and the construction of hydropower dams. In this study, we successfully sequenced the first mitochondrial genome of S. c. baoxingensis. The mitogenome is 16,787 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 28.5% A, 26.2% T, 18.4% C, and 26.9% G, with a slight AT bias of 54.7%. The sequenced mtDNA genome of S. c. baoxingensis is similar in gene arrangement to that of other cyprinidaes except for a 191 bp non-coding region found between tRNAThr and tRNAPro.
Acknowledgements
The authors are grateful to Rui Peng for his assistance on this manuscript.
Declaration of interest
This work was supported by the Special Fund for Agro-Scientific Research in the Public Interest (201003055), the Hong Kong Ocean Park Conservation Foundation (AW01-1314) and the Hydropower Review Research of Baoxing River and the Artificial Propagation Technology Research on Pseudogyrincheilus procheilus (2014CXSF-026). The authors report no conflicts of interest. The authors alone are responsible for the content and writing of the paper.