title: Mitochondrial genome of the Mackerel scad Decapterus macarellus (Perciformes: Carangidae).
abstract: The complete mitochondrial genome sequence was determined for the Mackerel scad Decapterus macarellus, one species of the economically important fish in Carangidae. The entire sequence of the genome was 16,544 bp in length, including the typical structure of 13 protein-coding genes, 22 tRNA genes, 2 rRNA genes and 1 non-coding control region. Overall base compositions of the sequence were 27.3% of A, 30.4% of C, 25.3% of T and 17.0% of G, showing an obvious anti-G bias commonly observed in teleosts. The mitogenome of Decapterus macarellus had a quite high-sequence similarity (92.5%) with D. macrosoma, which was morphologically close to D. macarellus. The complete mitogenome sequence data of D. macarellus could provide useful information for taxonomic and phylogenetics studies.
authors.affiliation: a South China Sea Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Science , Guangzhou , P. R. China .|b College of Fisheries and Life Science, Shanghai Ocean University , Shanghai , P. R. China , and.
authors.forename: Keshu
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Zou
authors.affiliation: a South China Sea Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Science , Guangzhou , P. R. China .
authors.forename: Zuozhi
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: a South China Sea Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Science , Guangzhou , P. R. China .
authors.forename: Peng
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: a South China Sea Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Science , Guangzhou , P. R. China .|c Scientific Observing and Experimental Station of South China Sea Fishery Resources and Environments, Ministry of Agriculture , Guangzhou , P. R. China.
authors.forename: Min
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D020029:Base Pairing / Q000235:genetics; D050259:Genes, Mitochondrial; D054629:Genome, Mitochondrial; D009690:Nucleic Acid Conformation; D010473:Perciformes / Q000235:genetics*; D012343:RNA, Transfer / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D012343:RNA, Transfer
keywords: Carangidae; Decapterus macarellus; mitogenome