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The complete mitogenome was first determined for a minnow Pseudohemiculter dispar in this study. It is 16,621 bp in length, including 13 protein-coding genes, 2 rRNA genes, 22 tRNA genes, and 1 control region. Overall nucleotide base composition is 30.30% A, 27.10% C, 17.10% G, and 25.50% T, with a A+T bias. Except for the tRNA- Ser2 that lost the dihydrouridine arm and replaced with one 11-bp loop, the other 22 tRNA genes can fold into the typical cloverleaf secondary structures. The origin of light-strand replication (OL) was found between the tRNA- Asn and tRNA- Cys genes, while the termination-associated sequence (TAS) was found in the control region. Both OL and TAS can form the hairpin structure that acts as the signals participated in the mitochondrial DNA replication. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The complete mitochondrial genome of Sinibrama macrops was first determined in this study. The genome is 16,626 bp in length, including 13 protein-coding genes, 2 ribosomal RNA genes, 22 transfer RNA genes and 1 control region. Its gene arrangement and translation direction were identical to those of other typical vertebrates. The overall base composition is 30.7% A, 27.9% C, 16.7% G and 24.7% T, with the negative GC skew value ( − 0.251). In a long term, S. macrops was confused with Sinibrama wui, which was confirmed as an invalid species by recent morphological study. Therefore, the mitochondrial genome of S. macrops can contribute to the molecular identification of the species and further phylogenetic study of Cyprinidae. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The complete mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) sequence ofMegalobrama skolkoviiwas first presented in this study. The mitochondrial genome is 16,620 bp in length, including 13 protein-coding genes, 2 ribosomal RNA gens (12S rRNA and 16S rRNA), 22 transfer RNA genes (tRNA) and a control region (D-loop), with the gene identical to that of typical vertebrates. The overall base composition of the light strand are 31.23% A, 24.73% T, 16.16% G and 27.88% C. Two copies of tandem repeat sequence was found in the control region. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]