Complete mitochondrial genome of the striped bittering Acheilognathus yamatsutae (Cypriniformes; Cyprinidae)

Abstract

The complete mitochondrial genome was sequenced from the striped bittering Acheilognathus yamatsutae. The genome sequence was 16,703 bp in size, and the gene order and contents were identical tot those of the congeneric species Acheilognathus signifer and other previously reported fish mitochondrial genomes. Of 13 protein-coding genes (PCGs), three genes (CO2, CO3, and Cytb) had incomplete stop codons. The base composition of A. yamatsutae showed anti-G bias (13.50% and 9.72%) on the 2nd and 3rd position of PCGs.

Keywords::

• Fish
• striped bittering
• complete mitochondrial genome
• Acheilognathus yamatsutae

Acknowledgment

We thank Dr Hans-U. Dahms for his comments on the manuscript.

Declaration of interest: This work was supported by a grant “The Genetic Evaluation of Important Biological Resources (2008)” from the National Institute of Biological Resources funded to Jae-Seong Lee. The authors report no conflicts of interest. The authors alone are responsible for the content and writing of the paper.