Complete mitochondrial genome sequence of Cirrhinus mrigala (Hamilton, 1822)

The complete mitochondrial genome of Cirrhinus mrigala was determined using the polymerase chain reaction. The mitogenome (16,594 bp) has the typical vertebrate mitochondrial gene arrangement, including 13 protein-coding genes, 22 tRNA genes, two rRNA genes and one control region. The overall base composition on the heavy strand was as follows: A: 32.0%, G: 15.5%, C: 28.0%, T: 24.55% and the A + T content: 56.5%. The control region contains a dinucleotide repeat motif, (TA)(14), a termination-associated sequence and three conserved sequence blocks. These mitogenome sequence data would play an important role in population genetics and the molecular taxonomy of cultivable cyprinids in India.