Abstract
We presented the complete mitochondrial genome of the Epinephelus corallicola in this study. The mitochondrial genome is 16,647 bp long and consists of 13 protein-coding genes, 2 rRNA genes, 22 tRNA genes and a control region. The gene order and composition of Epinephelus corallicola mitochondrial genome was similar to that of most other vertebrates. The nucleotide compositions of the light strand are 26.60% of A, 15.89% of C, 28.66% of T and 28.85% of G. With the exception of the NADH dehydrogenase subunit 6 (ND6) and eight tRNA genes, all other mitochondrial genes are encoded on the heavy strand.
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This work is supported by the National 863 Program of China (No. 2012AA10A407), the Special Fund for Agro-Scientific Research in Public Interest (No. 200903046), the Special Fund for Fisheries-Scientific Research of Guangdong Province (No. A201100D01, A201100D03, A201200D01), the Guangdong Provincial Science and Technology Program (No. 2012A020602019, 2012B090500008) and the Science and Technology Program of huizhou (2009B010001016).