The complete mitogenome of the Moroccan Luciobarbus rifensis Doadrio, Casal-López & Yahyaoui, 2015 (Actinopterygii: Cyprinidae)

Diushi Keri Corona-Santiago; Miriam Casal-López; Silvia Perea; Ignacio Doadrio

doi:10.1080/23802359.2016.1250137

The complete mitogenome of the Moroccan Luciobarbus rifensis Doadrio, Casal-López & Yahyaoui, 2015 (Actinopterygii: Cyprinidae)

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2017 Jan 5;1(1):931-933. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2016.1250137.

Authors

Diushi Keri Corona-Santiago¹, Miriam Casal-López¹, Silvia Perea¹, Ignacio Doadrio¹

Affiliation

¹ Departamento de Biodiversidad y Biología Evolutiva, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, CSIC, Madrid, España.

Abstract

The Rifian barbel (Luciobarbus rifensis) is a tetraploid cyprinid species from North Africa. The aim of this work is to characterize the mitogenome of Luciobarbus rifensis in order to contribute in the future exploration of regions. The circular mitogenome of the Rifian barbel (16 607bp) consists of 37 genes (13 protein-coding genes, 2 rRNA genes, and 22 tRNA genes). The cyprinid mitogenome is most related to L. rifensis available is L. capito.

Keywords: North Africa; Rifian barbel; cyprinid; mitogenome.