Complete mitochondrial genome of the Pigeye Shark Carcharhinus amboinensis (Carcharhiniformes: Carcharhinidae)

Abstract

In this manuscript we describe the first complete mitochondrial sequence for the Data Deficient Pigeye Shark Carcharhinus amboinensis. The mitogenome is 16,704 bp long and consists of 1 control region, 2 rRNA genes, 22 tRNA genes and 13 protein-coding genes with an overall base composition of 31.6% A, 24.9% C, 13.1% G and 30.4% T. The gene arrangement pattern and transcriptional direction were typical for a vertebrate species. The tRNA-Ser2 lacks the dihydrouridine arm and forms a simple loop, therefore it cannot be folded into the typical cloverleaf secondary structures like other tRNAs.

• Carcharhinus amboinensis
• genome
• mitochondrion

Declaration of interest

This study was funded by the National Natural Sciences Foundation of China (41006080) and by the Marine Biodiversity Hub, a collaborative partnership supported through funding from the Australian Government’s National Environmental Research Program (NERP). Researchers PF and SLE were supported by the North Australia Marine Research Alliance (NAMRA). Researcher PMK was partly supported by the NERP Northern Australia Hub. The authors report no conflicts of interest. The authors alone are responsible for the content and writing of the paper.