Characterization of the mitogenome of Cynoglossus Senegalensis (Pleuronectiformes: Cynoglossidae)

The complete mitogenome of the Senegalese tonguesole, Cynoglossus senegalensis was determined by Illumina MiSeq platform. The complete mitochondrial genome of C. senegalensis was 16,519 bp in length. The mitochondrial genome of C. senegalensis showed a cynoglosidae-characteristic gene organization, in which translocation of control region to the position between ND1 and tRNA-Gln gene, and also inversions in tRNA-Gln gene from L-strand position to H-strand position. Phylogenetic analysis showed that C. senegalensis is most closely related to C. sinicus and S.bilineatus, which supports the previous result that genus Cynoglossidae is evolutionary paraphyletic.