%0 Journal Article
%T The complete mitochondrial genomes of two endangered bitterling Acheilognathus tabira tohokuensis and A. tabira erythropterus (Cyprinidae, Acheilognathinae)
%A Jyun-Ichi Kitamura
%A Nobuaki Nagata
%J Mitochondrial DNA Part B
%D 2019
%R https://doi.org/10.1080/23802359.2019.1661304
%X Abstract Acheilognathus tabira (tabira bitterling) comprises of 5 subspecies, all of which are endangered. In this study, the mitochondrial genome (mitogenome) of the 2 subspecies, A. tabira tohokuensis and A. tabira erythropterus, whose mitogenomes have not been reported previously, was determined. The total lengths of A. tabira tohokuensis and A. tabira erythropterus mitogenomes were 16,774£¿bp and 16,770£¿bp, respectively, and were noted as slightly AT-rich. Phylogenetic analysis revealed that these 2 subspecies of A. tabira were the most closely related, out of the 5 subspecies. The deciphered mitogenomes would be useful for conservation and evolutionary studies
%U https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23802359.2019.1661304