title: The complete mitochondrial genome of jade perch, Scortum barcoo (Perciformes: Terapontidae: Scortum).
abstract: This is the first documentation of the complete mitochondrial genome sequence of the jade perch, Scortum barcoo. The 16,843 bp mitogenome containes 37 genes (13 protein-coding genes, 22 transfer RNA genes, and 2 ribosomal RNA genes) and two main non-coding regions (the control region and the origin of the light strand replication) as do other vertebrate mitogenomes. The overall base composition of S. barcoo is 27.39% for A, 24.74% for T, 31.14% for C and 16.73% for G, with a slight A + T bias of 52.13%. All protein-coding genes are initiated with ATG except for COX1, which begin with GTG instead. Meanwhile, the termination codons of 13 protein-coding genes are varied with TAA, TAG, TA, T or AGG. The measure of complete mitogenome sequence of S. barcoo will provide fundamental data for the phylogenetic and biogeographic studies of the Terapontidae.
authors: a Key Laboratory of Fishery Drug Development of Ministry of Agriculture, Key Laboratory of Aquatic Animal Immune Technology of Guangdong Province , Pearl River Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences , Guangzhou , P.R. China.
authors: Chun
authors: C
authors: Liu
authors: a Key Laboratory of Fishery Drug Development of Ministry of Agriculture, Key Laboratory of Aquatic Animal Immune Technology of Guangdong Province , Pearl River Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences , Guangzhou , P.R. China.
authors: Kaibin
authors: K
authors: Li
authors: a Key Laboratory of Fishery Drug Development of Ministry of Agriculture, Key Laboratory of Aquatic Animal Immune Technology of Guangdong Province , Pearl River Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences , Guangzhou , P.R. China.
authors: Qing
authors: Q
authors: Wang
authors: a Key Laboratory of Fishery Drug Development of Ministry of Agriculture, Key Laboratory of Aquatic Animal Immune Technology of Guangdong Province , Pearl River Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences , Guangzhou , P.R. China.
authors: Fang
authors: F
authors: Wang
authors: a Key Laboratory of Fishery Drug Development of Ministry of Agriculture, Key Laboratory of Aquatic Animal Immune Technology of Guangdong Province , Pearl River Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences , Guangzhou , P.R. China.
authors: Weiwei
authors: W
authors: Zeng
authors: a Key Laboratory of Fishery Drug Development of Ministry of Agriculture, Key Laboratory of Aquatic Animal Immune Technology of Guangdong Province , Pearl River Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences , Guangzhou , P.R. China.
authors: Xiaomei
authors: X
authors: Mai
authors: a Key Laboratory of Fishery Drug Development of Ministry of Agriculture, Key Laboratory of Aquatic Animal Immune Technology of Guangdong Province , Pearl River Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences , Guangzhou , P.R. China.
authors: Shuqin
authors: S
authors: Wu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001482:Base Composition; D003062:Codon; D023061:Gene Order; D050259:Genes, Mitochondrial; D059646:Genome Size; D054629:Genome, Mitochondrial; D023281:Genomics; D016366:Open Reading Frames; D010471:Perches / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*; D012045:Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D000073336:Whole Genome Sequencing
chemical_list: D003062:Codon
keywords: Jade perch; Scortum barcoo; Terapontidae; mitochondrial genome