The complete mitochondrial genome of Pseudopleuronectes herzensteini .

Pseudopleuronectes herzensteini belonging to Pleuronectiformes (family Pleuronectidae ) is important in the fishery industry. However, the molecular biology of this valuable fish has hardly been reported. Thus, here we report the complete mitochondrial genome of P. herzensteini . The mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) of P. herzensteini is 16,719 bp long and contains 13 mitochondrial protein-coding genes (PCGs), 22 transfer RNA (tRNA) genes, two ribosomal RNA (rRNA) genes, and a putative control region between tRNA-P and tRNA-F distinguished by a single short noncoding region. Phylogenetic analysis using PCGs confirmed that this mtDNA sequence belongs to the family Pleuronectidae . This is the first study reporting the complete mitochondrial genome sequence of P. herzensteini .