Complete mitochondrial genome of the blind cave barbel Sinocyclocheilus furcodorsalis (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae).

Sinocyclocheilus furcodorsalis, a typical cavefish, has evolved some striking characters, for example loss of its eyes and reduction in melanin pigmentation, and can serve as a good model system in evolutionary adaptation developmental mechanisms. So we cloned the complete mitochondrial DNA of S. furcodorsalis (16,581 bp), which is similar to those reported from other fish mitochondrial genomes, containing 37 genes (13 protein-coding genes, 2 ribosomal RNAs, and 22 transfer RNAs) and a major noncoding control region. The complete mitogenome of the S. furcodorsalis provides an additional important data-set for the study in evolutionary adaptation developmental mechanisms.