Description of the mitochondrial genome of yellowtail scad Atule mate (Perciformes: Carangidae)

Abstract

The yellowtail scad Atule mate is an economic fish species distributed throughout the tropical and subtropical oceans of the Indo-Pacific region. In the present study, we assembled the complete mitochondrial genome of A. mate from contiguous, overlapping segments amplified by PCR. The mitogenome sequence was 16,565 bp in length, consisting of 37 typical animal mitochondrial genes and 1 control region, same with the typical vertebrate mitochondrial gene arrangement. The overall base composition of the heavy strand was 28.4% for A, 27.6% for T, 16.3% for G, and 27.7% for C. Phylogenetic analyses using the protein-coding gene sequences reveal that genus Atule was most closely related to Alepes.

• Atule mate
• carangidae
• mitogenome

Declaration of interest

This work was funded by the Financial Fund of the Ministry of Agriculture (No. NFZX2013) and the Financial Fund of Ministry of Science & Technology (No. 2013BAD13B06). The authors report no conflicts of interest. The authors alone are responsible for the content and writing of the paper.