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Characterization of complete mitochondrial genomes of Mastacembelus erythrotaenia and Mastacembelus armatus (Synbranchiformes: Mastacembelidae) and phylogenetic studies of Mastacembelidae

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Mastacembelus erythrotaenia and Mastacembelus armatus, are economically and ecologically important freshwater fishes and distribute mainly in tropical and subtropical zone. In this study, the complete mitochondrial genomes of M. erythrotaenia and M. armatus were determined. The circle genomes are 16493 and 16487 bp in length, respectively. They contain 13 protein-coding genes, 22 transfer RNA genes, 2 ribosomal RNA genes and one control region. All the protein-coding genes use ATG as start codon except COI uses GTG. Most of them have TAA or TA as the stop codon, while COII, ND3, ND4 and Cyt b use T. Phylogenetic trees involving all the available Mastacembelidae species were also constructed, contributing to phylogenetic studies and conservation of these spiny eels.

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This work was supported by the youth innovative talents program of Guangdong Provincial Department of Education (2016KQNCX118), the science and technology project of Guangdong Province, China (2015B020235006) and the Wild Resource Investigation Program of Shenzhen City (20130453).

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  1. Institute of Aquatic Economic Animals and Guangdong Province Key Laboratory for Aquatic Economic Animals, School of life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, People’s Republic of China

    Chong Han, Zhipeng Zhang & Jianrong Huang

  2. School of life Sciences, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou, People’s Republic of China

    Qiang Li & Jianfeng Lin

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Han, C., Li, Q., Lin, J. et al. Characterization of complete mitochondrial genomes of Mastacembelus erythrotaenia and Mastacembelus armatus (Synbranchiformes: Mastacembelidae) and phylogenetic studies of Mastacembelidae. Conservation Genet Resour 10, 295–299 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12686-017-0807-0

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