Complete mitochondrial genome of Stichaeus grigorjewi Herzenstein, 1890 (Zoarcales: Stichaeidae)

Abstract

The complete mitochondrial genome of Stichaeus grigorjewi (Zoarcales: Stichaeidae) was sequenced for the first time based on the 27 pairs of newly designed primers using Sanger dideoxy sequencing method. Genome structure is consistent with standard scheme known for the vertebrates including 13 gene fragments, two rRNAs, 22 tRNAs, and control region. Moreover, it has additional tRNAs with atypical codons. These features were previously found in Xiphister atropurpureus, which shows the closest position to S. grigorjewi as seen from the phylogram built on the sequences of complete mitochondrial genome.