The first determination and analysis of the complete mitochondrial genome of Ancistrus temmincki (Siluriformes: Loricariidae)

In order to fully comprehend the evolution and kinship of fishes in family Loricariidae, complete mitochondrial genome Loricariidae fish Ancistrus temmincki was firstly characterized present study. The whole mitogenome 16,657 bp size consisted 13 protein-coding genes, 22 tRNAs, 2 rRNAs a control region origin light-strand replication. proportion coding sequences with total length 11,473 68.88%, which encoded 3,813 amino acids. composition highly A + T biased (56.29%), exhibited AT-skew (0.0661) negative GC-skew (-0.2740). All genes were started ATG except for GTG CO1, while stopped standard TAN codons or single T. (D-loop) ranging from 15,635 1023 size. Until now, there is hardly any studies on sequence genus Ancistrus, phylogenetic analysis showed that A. most closely related cryptophthalmus Ancistrus. has provided new insight into taxonomic classification, more complex picture species diversity within Loricariidae.