title: The complete mitochondrial DNA of the endemic shortfin silverside, Chirostoma humboldtianum (Valenciennes, 1835).
abstract: The shortfin silverside Chirostoma humboldtianum, is an endemic fish from the Mesa Central of Mexico, it is considered the "ancestral" species of the "peces blancos" and plays an important role as a potential species for aquaculture. Here we sequence its mitogenome (Genbank accession number KJ921739), which has a total length of 16,447 bp, and the arrangement consist of 13 protein-coding genes, 2 ribosomal RNA (rRNA) genes and 22 transfer RNA similar to other Atheriniformes. This mitogenome will be useful for phylogenetic, population and phylogeographic studies of this and other important atherinopsid species.
authors.affiliation: a Laboratorio de Genética y Biología Molecular , Planta Experimental de Producción Acuícola, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana Unidad Iztapalapa , Av. San Rafael Atlixco 186, Colonia Vicentina, Delegación Iztapalapa , México D.F. , Mexico .
authors.forename: Irene de los A
authors.initials: Ide L
authors.lastname: Barriga-Sosa
authors.affiliation: b Laboratorio de Genética para la Conservación , Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste (CIBNOR), Instituto Politécnico Nacional 195, Colonia Playa Palo de Santa Rita Sur , Baja California Sur , México , and.
authors.forename: Francisco J García
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: De León
authors.affiliation: c Departamento de Acuicultura , Centro de Investigación Científica y de Educación Superior de Ensenada , B.C., Carretera Ensenada-Tijuana #3918, Zona Playitas, Ensenada , B. C. México , Mexico.
authors.forename: Miguel A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Del Río-Portilla
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001482:Base Composition; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial / Q000737:chemistry*; D005399:Fishes / Q000235:genetics*; D054629:Genome, Mitochondrial; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial
keywords: Atherinopsidae; Mesa Central of Mexico; endemic pez blanco; mitochondrial genome