Abstract
The complete mitochondrial genome sequence of the Barbour’s seahorse Hippocampus barbouri was first determined in this paper. The total length of H. barbouri mitogenome is 16,526 bp, which consists of 13 protein-coding genes, 22 tRNA and 2 rRNA genes and 1 control region. The features of the H. barbouri mitochondrial genome were similar to the typical vertebrates. The overall base composition of H. barbouri is 32.68% A, 29.75% T, 22.91% C and 14.66% G, with an AT content of 62.43%.
Declaration of interest
The authors report no conflicts of interest. The authors alone are responsible for the content and writing of the paper. This research was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 41176146 and No. 41306148), the National Outstanding Youth Foundation (S2013050014802), the Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province of China (S2013040016935), and the Science and Technology Program of Guangdong Province (2011B020307005).