title: Complete mitochondrial genome of the kissing gourami, Helostoma temminkii.
abstract: The kissing gourami (Helostoma temminkii) belongs to the Labyrinth fishes (Perciformes: Anabantoidei), which exhibits a wide variety of behavioral traits. In this study the complete mitogenome of H. temminkii was determined to be 16,740 bp in length. It contains 13 protein-coding genes, 22 transfer RNA genes and 2 ribosomal RNA genes. The sequence structure of non-coding control region was also analyzed. Comparing the mitochondrial genome of H. temminkii with its closely related species Colisa lalia showed the similarity of 78%. The complete mitochondrial genome of H. temminkii provides resource for phylogenetic analysis on Anabantoidei.
authors.affiliation: a Heilongjiang River Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences , Harbin , People's Republic of China .|b College of Fisheries and Life Science, Shanghai Ocean University , Shanghai , People's Republic of China .|c The Centre for Applied Aquatic Genomics, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences , Beijing , People's Republic of China .|d Tianjin Fisheries Research Institute , Tianjin , People's Republic of China , and.
authors.forename: Chun-Yan
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: c The Centre for Applied Aquatic Genomics, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences , Beijing , People's Republic of China .
authors.forename: Jiong-Tang
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: c The Centre for Applied Aquatic Genomics, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences , Beijing , People's Republic of China .|e College of Fisheries and Life Science, Dalian Ocean University , Dalian , People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Gui-Bao
authors.initials: GB
authors.lastname: Xiao
authors.affiliation: c The Centre for Applied Aquatic Genomics, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences , Beijing , People's Republic of China .
authors.forename: Guang-Yuan
authors.initials: GY
authors.lastname: Hou
authors.affiliation: a Heilongjiang River Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences , Harbin , People's Republic of China .|b College of Fisheries and Life Science, Shanghai Ocean University , Shanghai , People's Republic of China .|c The Centre for Applied Aquatic Genomics, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences , Beijing , People's Republic of China .
authors.forename: Xiao-Wen
authors.initials: XW
authors.lastname: Sun
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001482:Base Composition; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D059646:Genome Size; D054629:Genome, Mitochondrial; D010473:Perciformes / Q000235:genetics*; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA / Q000379:methods*; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
keywords: Helostoma temminkii; labyrinth fishes; mitochondrial genome