Mitochondrial genome of the Silvertip shark, Carcharhinus albimarginatus, from the British Indian Ocean Territory

Shaili Johri, Nicholas Dunn, Taylor K. Chapple, David Curnick, Vincent Savolainen, Elizabeth A. Dinsdale, Barbara A. Block

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Abstract

The Chagos archipelago in the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) has been lacking in detailed genetic studies of its chondrichthyan populations. Chondrichthyes in Chagos continue to be endangered through illegal fishing operations, necessitating species distribution and abundance studies to facilitate urgent monitoring and conservation of the species. Here, we present a complete mitochondrial genome of the Silvertip Shark, Carcharhinus albimarginatus sampled in the Chagos archipelago. The mitochondrial genome of C. albimarginatus was 16,706 bp in length and consisted of 13 protein-coding genes, 22 tRNA genes, two rRNA genes, a replication origin and a D-loop region. GC content was at 38.7% and the control region was 1,065 bp in length. We expect that mitogenomes presented here will aid development of molecular assays for species distribution studies. Overall these studies will promote effective conservation of marine ecosystemes in the BIOT.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2085-2086
Number of pages2
JournalMitochondrial DNA Part B: Resources
Volume5
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2 Jul 2020
Externally publishedYes

Bibliographical note

c 2020 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Keywords

  • Chagos
  • conservation
  • ecosystems
  • MinION
  • molecular taxonomy
  • MPA
  • sharks

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