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Abstract
We determined the complete mitochondrial genome of the red stingray Dasyatis akajei. It is 17,658 bp in length, including 13 protein-coding genes, 2 ribosomal RNA genes, 22 transfer RNA genes and a control region. The gene arrangement and transcriptional direction were the same as those of the typical vertebrate mitogenomes. The overall base composition of the heavy-strand is 28.8% T, 26.8% C, 30.9% A and 13.6% G, with a slight A + T bias of 59.7%. The origin of light-strand replication (OL) was identified between tRNA-Asn and tRNA-Cys genes. The termination-associated sequences (TAS) and the conserved sequence blocks (CSB1-3) were identified in the control region.