Abstract
The complete mitochondrial genome was sequenced from the freshwater sculpin Cottus koreanus. The genome sequence was 16,560 bp in size, and the gene order and contents were identical with those of previously reported fish mitochondrial genomes. Of 13 protein-coding genes (PCGs), 3 genes (CO2, ND4, Cytb) had incomplete stop codons. The base composition of C. koreanus mitogenome showed anti-G bias (13.94% and 12.73%) on the second and third positions of PCGs, respectively.
Acknowledgements
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.