Zhao Yuming, Chen Zaizhong, Gao Jianzhong, Wang Lei, Lu Kai
Key Laboratory of Freshwater Fishery Germplasm Resources, Ministry of Agriculture, Shanghai, PR China.
Shanghai Collaborative Innovation Center for Aquatic Animal Genetics and Breeding (ZF1206), Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, PR China.
Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2016 Apr 19;1(1):308-309. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2016.1168714.
In this study, the mitochondrial genome of Castelnau, 1875 (Atheriniformes:Melanotaeniidae) was sequenced for the first time. The assembled mitogenome consisting of 16,530 bp, includes 13 protein-coding genes, 22 transfer RNAs, two ribosomal RNAs genes and one putative control region. The overall base composition of is 27.79% for A, 29.66% for C, 15.90% for G, 26.66% for T and shows 92% identities to Lake Kutubu Rainbowfish, . These data would provide useful molecular information for phylogenetic relationships within the family Melanotaeniidae species.