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Abstract
Dasyatis bennettii is a bottom-dweller that inhabits in the coastal waters of the Indian and Pacific Oceans as well as the freshwaters of Southern China. In this study, we determined the complete mitochondrial genome of this species of stingrays. The results showed that the total length of the mitogenome was 17,668 bp as a circular DNA and contained 13 protein-coding genes, 22 transfer RNA genes, 2 ribosomal RNA genes, and 1 control region. The base composition of the complete mitochondrial DNA was 31.1% A, 28.7% T, 26.7% C, and 13.5% G. All the genes in D. bennettii were distributed on the H-strand, except for the ND6 subunit gene and eight tRNA genes which were encoded on the L-strand.
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Acknowledgments
We would like to express our thanks to Dr. Zhongming WANG, Xiaoxue ZHU, Tao PAN, and Xin HUANG for their help in lab work and specimen collection.
Declaration of interest: The study was funded by the Chinese National Science Fund (No. 30970321) and JSPS Invitation Fellowship Programs for Research in Japan, both to Dr. Jie Zhang. The authors report no conflicts of interest. The authors alone are responsible for the content and writing of the paper.