The complete mitochondrial genome of (Perciformes, Nototheniidae).

The humped rockcod, is an Antarctic fish of the genus in the family Nototheniidae and order Perciformes. To date, little biological information has been recorded about the genus . Here, we report the first complete mitogenome of the genus . The mitochondrial genome of is 18,631 bp in length, comprising 13 protein-coding genes, 24 tRNA genes ( and were duplicated), 2 rRNA genes, and non-coding control regions. The base composition was 53.74% for A + T and 46.26% for G + C. This new mitochondrial genome of provides basic information for further phylogenetic analysis, suggesting the necessity to exploit a variety of newly discovered mitogenome sequences to infer inconclusive evolutionary relationships in Antarctic fishes.