FN Archimer Export Format PT J TI The complete mitochondrial DNA of the Cuban gar ( Atractosteus tristoechus ) BT AF ULMO-DIAZ, Gabriela HURTADO, Andres LE LUYER, Jeremy GARCIA-MACHADO, Erik BERNATCHEZ, Louis AS 1:1;2:2;3:3;4:1;5:3; FF 1:;2:;3:;4:;5:; C1 Univ La Habana, Ctr Invest Marinas, Calle 16,114,Entre 1ra & 3ra, Havana 11300, Cuba. Ctr Reprod Ictiofauna Indigena, Matanzas, Cuba. Univ Laval, IBIS, Quebec City, PQ, Canada. C2 UNIV LA HABANA, CUBA CTR REPROD ICTIOFAUNA INDIGENA, CUBA UNIV LAVAL, CANADA IF 0.486 TC 1 UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00409/52047/52715.pdf LA English DT Article DE ;Endemic species;freshwater fish;Lepisosteidae;mitogenome;phylogeny AB The Cuban gar (Atractosteus tristoechus) is an endemic lepisosteid living in Cuba. Among gars, this species is one of the most threatened and has the smallest natural distribution range. Lepisosteids are air-breathing fishes belonging to the Holostean, a basal non-teleost clade of actinopterygians. Recent studies have indicated that these fishes could be a ‘bridge between tetrapods and teleost biomedical models’. Herein, we sequenced and assembled the first complete mitochondrial genome of A. tristoechus. The total length of the mt genome is 16,290 bp, containing the typical 13 protein-coding genes, two ribosomal RNA (rRNA) genes, 22 transfer RNA (tRNA) genes, and a 537 bp length control region. PY 2017 SO Mitochondrial Dna Part B-resources SN 2380-2359 PU Taylor & Francis Ltd VL 2 IS 1 UT 000423158200016 BP 359 EP 360 DI 10.1080/23802359.2017.1339214 ID 52047 ER EF