title: Complete mitochondrial genome of the Critically Endangered speartooth shark Glyphis glyphis (Carcharhiniformes: Carcharhinidae).
abstract: In this study we present the first complete mitogenome for the speartooth shark Glyphis glyphis, a rare euryhaline elasmobranch from northern Australia and Papua New Guinea. The mitogenome is 16,702 bp in length and the overall base composition is 31.5% A; 26.0% C; 13.0% G and 29.5% T. It includes 2 ribosomal RNA (rRNA) genes, 22 transfer RNA (tRNA) genes, 13 protein-coding genes and a putative 1066 bp long control region. The COI gene is initiated by GTG codon whereas the remaining protein-coding genes started with the ATG codon. This study will help elucidate the taxonomy of this poorly known group of sharks.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Marine Biodiversity and Global Change, College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University , Xiamen, Fujian , China .
authors.forename: Xiao
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Min
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Peter M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Grewe
authors.forename: Peter M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Kyne
authors.forename: Pierre
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Feutry
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001482:Base Composition; D001483:Base Sequence; D056727:Endangered Species; D050259:Genes, Mitochondrial / Q000235:genetics*; D054629:Genome, Mitochondrial / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D015876:Northern Territory; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D012754:Sharks / Q000235:genetics*
keywords: Glyphis glyphis; mitogenome; river sharks; threatened species