The complete mitochondrial genome of the endangered spotback skate, Atlantoraja castelnaui

Abstract

Chondrichthyes are a highly threatened class of organisms, largely due to overfishing and other human activities. The present study describes the complete mitochondrial genome (16,750 bp) of the endangered spotback skate, Atlantoraja castelnaui. The mitogenome is arranged in a typical vertebrate fashion, containing 13 protein-coding genes, 22 tRNA genes, 2 rRNA genes and 1 control region.

• Chondrichthyes
• elasmobranchs
• long-PCR
• mitogenome
• next-generation sequencing

Declaration of interest

The authors report no conflict of interest. The authors alone are responsible for the content and writing of the paper. This work was supported by the National Science Foundation (DEB-1132229).