The complete mitochondrial genome of Channa argus, Channa maculata and hybrid snakehead fish [Channa maculata (♀) × Channa argus (♂)]

Abstract

We sequenced and characterized the complete mitochondrial genome of Channa argus, Channa maculata and their hybrid [C. maculata (♀) and C. argus (♂)]. All the three mitochondrial genomes contained the typical complement of 13 protein-coding genes, 22 transfer RNAs (tRNAs), 2 ribosomal RNAs (rRNAs) and 1 control region. The entire mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) molecule of C. maculata was 16,559 bp long while the complete mtDNA molecule of C. argus and hybrid snakehead fish was 16,558 bp long. This is the first report on the complete mitogenome sequence of C. maculata and hybrid snakehead fish.

Keywords::

• Channa argus
• Channa maculata
• hybrid snakehead fish
• complete mitochondrial genome

Acknowledgements

We would like to thank our colleagues Pandit Narayan Prasad, Fu Jianjun and Cao Xinrong for their assistance in the research.

Declaration of interest: This work was supported by the grants from the Creative Team Program of Shanghai Universities. The authors report no conflicts of interest. The authors alone are responsible for the content and writing of the paper.