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The complete mitochondrial genome of whiskered eel gobyTaenioides cirratus(Blyth) has been amplified and sequenced in this study.Taenioides cirratuswas collected from Tainan City, Taiwan. The complete mitochondrial genome is 16,975 base pairs (bp) in total length, had the typical vertebrate mitochondrial gene arrangement, including 13 protein-coding genes, 2 rRNAs, 22 tRNAs, 1 control region (CR) and 1 light-strand replication origin (OL). The overall base composition ofT. cirratusis 28.3% for A, 26.9% for T, 29.0% for C, and 15.9% for G, with higher A + T content as bias of 55.2%. This study will be rather beneficial for understanding the phylogenetic approach of the related eel goby genera among gobioids. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this study, the complete mitogenome sequence of balitorid fish, beautiful stone loach Traccatichthys pulcher (Nichols & Pope, 1927), collected from Hainan island, China, has been sequenced by the long polymerase chain reaction method. The mitogenome, consisting of 16,580 base pairs (bp), had typical vertebrate mitochondrial gene arrangement, including 13 protein coding genes, 22 transfer RNAs, 2 ribosomal RNA genes and a noncoding control region (CR). CR of 928 bp length is located between tRNAPro and tRNAPhe. The overall base composition of T. pulcher is 31.3% for A, 26.8% for C, 25.9% for T and 16.0% for G, with a slight AT bias of 57.3%. The complete mitochondrial genome may provide rather informative data for reconstructing and addressing new molecular perspectives for balitorid phylogenies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this study, the complete mitogenome sequence of cyprinid fish, Hainan gudgeon Sarcocheilichthys hainanensis Nichols & Pope, 1927 (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae) has been amplified and sequenced by employing long polymerase chain reaction method. The mitogenome, consisting of 16,674 base pairs (bp), had the typical vertebrate mitochondrial gene arrangement, including 13 protein-coding genes, 22 transfer RNAs, 2 ribosomal RNAs genes and a noncoding control region (CR). CR of 1004 bp length is located between tRNAPro and tRNAPhe. The overall base composition of S. hainanensis is 30.0% for A, 26.7% for C, 26.4% for T and 16.8% for G, with a slight AT bias of 56.4%. The complete mitogenome may provide rather essential and important DNA molecular data for further phylogenetic analysis for not only congeneric species but also higher different taxa of cyprinid fishes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this study, the complete mitogenome sequence of balitorid loach Plesiomyzon baotingensis Zheng & Chen, 1980 which was collected from Hainan island, China, has been sequenced by the long polymerase chain reaction method. The mitogenome, consisting of 16,541 base pairs (bp), had typical vertebrate mitochondrial gene arrangement, including 13 protein coding genes, 22 transfer RNAs, 2 ribosomal RNA genes and a noncoding control region (CR). CR of 877 bp length is located between tRNAPro and tRNAPhe. The overall base composition of Plesiomyzon baotingensis is 29.6% for A, 28.5% for C, 25.0% for T and 16.9% for G, with a slight AT bias of 54.6%. The complete mitochondrial genome may provide rather informative data for reconstructing and addressing new molecular perspectives for balitorid phylogenies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Here we describe the complete mitochondrial genome sequence of endangered minnow,Metzia mesembrinum, which collected from Kimnen island, Fujian Province of Taiwan. The circular mitogenome (16,603 bp) consists of 13 protein coding, 22 tRNA, 2 rRNA genes and 1 control region. It has the typical vertebrate mitochondrial gene arrangement. The overall base composition in descending order is A (32.0%), T (27.1%), C (25.2%), G (15.7%) with rather higher AT content as 59.1%. Yuan et al. reported the complete mitogenome (KF997093) ofM. mesembrimumfrom southern China that may belong to other congeneric species, but not exactlyM. mesembrinumcollected from either southern Fujian or Taiwan.The well-identified species sequence data ofMetzia mesembrinumwould be rather beneficial for further phlyogenetic approach for congeneric species in East and Southeast Asia. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]