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The sharpbelly, Hemiculter leucisculus (Basilewsky, 1855) is a small cyprinid fish that has a wide distribution in East Asia. In this study, we characterized the complete mitochondrial genome of H. leucisculus in Hainan Island using Illumina MiSeq platform. The mitogenome contained 16,621 bp with AT content of 56.2%. The mitogenome of H. leucisculus comprised 13 protein-coding genes, 22 transfer RNA genes, 2 ribosomal RNA genes, and one control region (D-loop). Phylogenetic analyses indicated that H. leucisculus in the Hainan Island formed independent lineage and the species of H. leucisculus might be a paraphyletic taxon.
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Epicauta aptera Kaszab (E. aptera), an endangered species used to extract cantharidin in Chinese traditional medicine, has a limited geographical distribution in the southwest China. The complete mitochondrial genome of E. aptera is 15 645bp which contains an A + T rich region and 37 genes, including 13 protein-coding genes, 22 tRNA genes and two rRNA genes (GenBank accession No. KX023302). All protein-coding genes are initiated by ATN start codon. Moreover, the largest non-coding A + T-rich region with a length of 1039 bp is at the end of 12S rRNA. It is the first report involved in the complete mitochondrial genome of E. aptera.
