Complete mitochondrial genome of gray black carp (Mylopharyngodon piceus)

Abstract

The black carp (Mylopharyngodon piceus), native to eastern Asian, is a large, commercially valuable fish, and has been widely introduced to other countries. In this study, the mitochondrial gene sequence of gray black carp (M. piceus MT084757) in Foshan, Guangdong Province was first determined using the Sanger sequencing method. The mitochondrial DNA genome was 16,616 bp in length, including 13 protein-coding genes (PCGs), two rRNA genes, 22 transfer RNA genes, and a non-coding control region (D-loop). The overall nucleotide composition of the mitochondrial DNA is 32.04% A, 24.52% T, 15.68% C, 27.76% G, with 56.56% AT, respectively. Phylogenetic tree analysis suggests that the gray black carp (M. piceus MT 084757) is closely related to Elopichthys bambus and Squaliobarbus curriculus. The complete mitochondrial genome of the gray black carp (M. piceus MT 084757) would be useful for researching the causes of changes in body color.

Keywords:

• Mylopharyngodon piceus
• gray black carp
• mitochondrial genome
• phylogenetic analysis

Acknowledgments

We would like to thank the native English speaking scientists of Elixigen Company (Huntington Beach, California) for editing our manuscript.

Disclosure statement

We declare that we have no financial and personal relationships with other people or organizations that can inappropriately influence our work, there is no professional or other personal interest of any nature or kind in any product, service and/or company that could be construed as influencing the position presented in the manuscript entitled, ‘Complete mitochondrial genome of gray black carp (Mylopharyngodon piceus).’

Data availability statement

The data that support the findings of this study are openly available in NCBI at https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/MT084757, reference numberMT084757.

Additional information

Funding

This work was supported by the China’s Agricultural Research System [grant number CARS-45-03].