The complete mitochondrial genome sequence of Schizopygopsis younghusbandi (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae)

Abstract

In this paper, we determined complete mitochondrial DNA sequence of Schizopygopsis younghusbandi. The mitogenome is 16,674 bp in length, which includes 22 tRNA genes, 2 rRNA genes, 13 protein-coding genes, and 2 non-coding regions: control region (D-loop) and origin of light-strand replication (O_L). The complete mitogenome sequence of S. younghusbandi is useful to the studies on taxonomic status, molecular systematics, stock evaluation, and conservation genetics.

Keywords::

• Schizopygopsis younghusbandi
• mitochondrial genome
• molecular systematics
• stock evaluation
• conservation genetics

Acknowledgements

The authors would like to thank H. Huang for his assistance in sample collection.

Declaration of interest : This work was supported by the Special Research Fund for national non-profit institutes (East China Sea Fisheries Research Institute, No. 2008Z02). The authors report no conflicts of interest. The authors alone are responsible for the content and writing of the paper.