title: Complete mitochondrial genome of Chinese icefish Neosalanx tangkahkeiis (Salmoniformes, Salangidae): comparison reveals Neosalanx taihuensis not a valid name.
abstract: The complete mitochondrial genome of Neosalanx tangkahkeiis was determined to be 16,550 bp in length with (A+T) content of 49.7%, and it consists of 13 protein-coding genes, 22 tRNAs, 2 ribosomal RNAs, and a control region. The gene composition and the structural arrangement of the N. tangkahkeiis complete mtDNA were identical to most of other vertebrates. The sequence comparison showed that mitogenome of N. tangkahkeiis had a 99.9% of similarity with so-called N. taihuensis, indicating they are the same species and N. taihuensis is not a valid name.
authors.affiliation: a Freshwater Fisheries Research Institute of Jiangsu Province , Nanjing , P.R. China.
authors.forename: Liqiang
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhong
authors.affiliation: a Freshwater Fisheries Research Institute of Jiangsu Province , Nanjing , P.R. China.
authors.forename: Minghua
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: a Freshwater Fisheries Research Institute of Jiangsu Province , Nanjing , P.R. China.
authors.forename: Daming
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: a Freshwater Fisheries Research Institute of Jiangsu Province , Nanjing , P.R. China.
authors.forename: Shengkai
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.affiliation: a Freshwater Fisheries Research Institute of Jiangsu Province , Nanjing , P.R. China.
authors.forename: Tongqing
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: a Freshwater Fisheries Research Institute of Jiangsu Province , Nanjing , P.R. China.
authors.forename: Wenji
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Bian
authors.affiliation: a Freshwater Fisheries Research Institute of Jiangsu Province , Nanjing , P.R. China.
authors.forename: Xiaohui
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001482:Base Composition; D058893:DNA Barcoding, Taxonomic / Q000592:standards; D021901:DNA, Intergenic / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D029941:Fish Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D054629:Genome, Mitochondrial; D010802:Phylogeny; D012335:RNA, Ribosomal / Q000235:genetics; D012343:RNA, Transfer; D017858:Salmoniformes / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
chemical_list: D021901:DNA, Intergenic; D029941:Fish Proteins; D012335:RNA, Ribosomal; D012343:RNA, Transfer
keywords: Mitochondrial genome; Neosalanx taihuensis; Neosalanx tangkahkeiis; salangidae