title: The complete mitochondrial genome of the Kinmen's population of endangered minnow Metzia mesembrinum (Cypriniformes, Cyprinidae) from Taiwan.
abstract: 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) of M. mesembrimum from southern China that may belong to other congeneric species, but not exactly M. mesembrinum collected from either southern Fujian or Taiwan. The well-identified species sequence data of Metzia mesembrinum would be rather beneficial for further phlyogenetic approach for congeneric species in East and Southeast Asia.
authors.affiliation: a Animal Department, Taipei Zoo , Taipei , Taiwan , ROC and.|b Institue of Marine Biology, National Taiwan Ocean University , Keelung , Taiwan , ROC.
authors.forename: Nian-Hong
authors.initials: NH
authors.lastname: Jang-Liaw
authors.affiliation: b Institue of Marine Biology, National Taiwan Ocean University , Keelung , Taiwan , ROC.
authors.forename: Zong-Han
authors.initials: ZH
authors.lastname: Wen
authors.affiliation: b Institue of Marine Biology, National Taiwan Ocean University , Keelung , Taiwan , ROC.
authors.forename: I-Shiung
authors.initials: IS
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002681:China; D003530:Cyprinidae / Q000235:genetics*; D056727:Endangered Species; D020459:Genes, rRNA / Q000235:genetics; D054629:Genome, Mitochondrial / Q000235:genetics*; D058977:Molecular Sequence Annotation; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016366:Open Reading Frames / Q000235:genetics; D010802:Phylogeny; D012343:RNA, Transfer / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D013624:Taiwan
chemical_list: D012343:RNA, Transfer
keywords: Complete mitogenome; Fujian; Kinmen Island; Metzia mesembrinum