The complete mitochondrial genome of Channa maculata (Perciformes: Channidae)

Abstract

This paper reports the complete mitochondrial genome (mitogenome) sequence of Channa maculate (Taiwan snakehead). The mitogenome of Taiwan snakehead was determined to be 16,558 bp in length. It contains 13 typical vertebrate protein-coding genes, 22 tRNA genes, 2 rRNA genes, 1 O_L (putative light-strand origin of replication), and 1 putative control region (D-loop). This is the first report on the complete mitogenome sequence of Channa maculata.

Keywords::

• Channa maculata
• mitochondrial genome
• gene arrangement

Declaration of interest : This study was supported by the grants from National Department Public Benefit Research Foundation (No. 200903045) and National High-tech R&D Program of China (No. 2011AA100401). The authors report no conflicts of interest. The authors alone are responsible for the content and writing of the paper.