The first complete mitochondrial genome of the Pundamilia nyererei

Pundamilia nyererei, a member of the family cichlid lived in individual African lakes, regarded as a significant evolution model. Recently the genome sequencing had been done, but no more information of its mitochondrial reported. Herein, we first assembled the complete mitochondrial genome sequence of Pundamilia nyererei. It is a 16 758 bp long sequence with most mitogenome’s characteristic structure, 13 protein-coding genes, 20 of tRNA genes, two of rRNA genes, and one putative control region. The GC-content of our fresh sequence is 45.24%, similar to closely related species Oreochromis niloticus. It can verify the accuracy and the utility of new determined mitogenome sequences by the phylogenetic analysis, based on whole mitogenome alignment with Dimidiochromis compressiceps, which is closest relative to Pundamilia nyererei, and seven others. We expect that using the full mitogenome to address taxonomic issues and study the related evolution events. Moreover, this is the first report of the mitogenome of genus Pundamilia nyererei.