Complete mitochondrial genome of the Yangtze grenadier anchovy, Coilia Brachygnathus (Clupeiformes: Engraulidae) from the upper Yangtze River

摘要

The Yangtze grenadier anchovy, Coilia brachygnathus , is a commercial fishery species in the middle and lower Yangtze River of China. Here, we describe a complete mitochondrial genome from the newly found population of C. brachygnahus in the upper Yangtze River. It was 16,857?bp in size and encodes for 2 rRNAs, 22 tRNAs, 13 protein-coding genes as well as a D-loop control region. Phylogenetic analysis confirmed the evolutionary relationship of the C. brachygnathus in the upper Yangtze to other five species of the genus Coillia . The mitochondrial genome would help to elucidate the origin of the new population of C. brachygnathus .