The complete mitochondrial genome of ﬂyingfish (Cheilopogon spilonotopterus) from South China Sea

Lei Xu; Xuehui Wang; Hong Li; Feiyan Du

doi:10.1080/23802359.2018.1481787

The complete mitochondrial genome of ﬂyingfish (Cheilopogon spilonotopterus) from South China Sea

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2018 Jun 18;3(2):695-696. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2018.1481787.

Authors

Lei Xu^{1

2

3}, Xuehui Wang^{1

2

3}, Hong Li^{1

2

3}, Feiyan Du^{1

2

3}

Affiliations

¹ South China Sea Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Shanghai, China.
² Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Fishery Ecology and Environment, Guangdong, China.
³ Key Laboratory of South China Sea Fishery Resources Development and Utilization, Ministry of Agriculture, Guangzhou, China.

Abstract

Flyingfishes are epipelagic specialists that are easily distinguished by their enlarged fins, which are used for gliding leaps over the surface of the water. In this study, we described the complete mitochondrial genome of Cheilopogon spilonotopterus. The genome is 16,527 bp in length, encoding the standard set of 13 protein-coding genes, 22 tRNA genes and two rRNA genes, with circular organization. The overall base composition of the whole mitochondrial genome was A (28.86%), T (26.96%), G (16.66%) and C (27.52%) with an AT bias of 55.82%. The ATG initiation codon is used in all protein-coding genes except COX1, and the stop codons of all the 13 protein-coding genes were complete.

Keywords: Cheilopogon spilonotopterus; Mitochondrial genome; South China Sea.