Complete mitochondrial genome of the kawakawa tuna Euthynnus affinis

Abstract

The present study represents the first report on the complete mitochondrial genome (mitogenome) of the kawakawa tuna Euthynnus affinis. Illumina next-generation sequencing generated a total of 38,428 reads with an average sequencing depth of 232.83×. The mitogenome of E. affinis was 16,513 bp in length and contains 13 protein-coding genes, 2 rRNA genes, 22 tRNA genes and a 849 bp control region, as found in other typical teleosts. With the exception of ND6 and eight tRNA genes, all other mitochondrial genes were encoded on the heavy strand, whose nucleotide composition is 28.11% A, 24.77% T, 17.16% G and 29.96% C. All the protein-coding genes shared the start codon ATG except for COXI gene (start with GTG), and appeared to be terminated with four types of stop codons including two complete codons (TAA and TAG) and two incomplete codons (T and TA).