Characterization of the complete mitochondrial genome of blacktip shark Carcharhinus limbatus (Carcharhiniformes: Carcharhinidae)

Xiaolin Huang; Zanhu Zhou; Tinghe Lai; Binyuan He; Demin Zhang

doi:10.1080/23802359.2021.1914214

Characterization of the complete mitochondrial genome of blacktip shark Carcharhinus limbatus (Carcharhiniformes: Carcharhinidae)

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2022 Feb 15;7(2):385-386. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2021.1914214. eCollection 2022.

Authors

Xiaolin Huang^{1

2}, Zanhu Zhou³, Tinghe Lai⁴, Binyuan He⁴, Demin Zhang¹

Affiliations

¹ School of Marine Sciences, Ningbo University, Ningbo, China.
² Zhejiang Mariculture Research Institute, Wenzhou, China.
³ Xiamen Customs, Xiamen, China.
⁴ Guangxi Academy of Oceanography, Nanning, China.

Abstract

In this study, we aimed to determine the complete mitochondrial genome of blacktip shark Carcharhinus limbatus. The mitochondrial genome was 16,705 bp in length, including 13 protein-coding genes, 22 tRNA genes, 2 rRNA genes, and a control region. Phylogenetic analysis was done using the Bayesian inference method, which showed a close relationship between C. limbatus and C. amblyrhynchoides.

Keywords: Carcharhinus limbatus; Mitochondrial genome; phylogenetic position.

Grants and funding

This work was supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China [2017YFC0506100], Zhejiang Provincial Science and Technology Project of China [GN21C190025], Wenzhou Science and Technology Project of China [N20180016].