Complete mitochondrial genome of golden variant of freshwater fish (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae): endemic to India.

The complete mitochondrial genome of the freshwater fish species was obtained, using Illumina NovaSeq 6000 with 2 × 150 bp paired-end sequencing. The mitogenome of is 16,738 bp in length (GenBank accession no.: OQ834146), comprised of 13 protein-coding genes, 22 tRNA genes, two rRNA genes, and a control region, i.e. D-loop. The arrangement of genes was found to be identical to other Cypriniformes fish mitogenome, available in the NCBI database. The taxonomic status of as a valid species was debated by some researchers and it was considered a synonym of However, phylogenetic analysis in the present study supports the species validity of , as it showed a distinct node well separated from and supported by a high bootstrap value. Furtherly, the pairwise genetic divergence among studied species showed the divergence between and as 1.6% whereas the minimum divergence was found to be 0.13% with followed by (0.58%) and (0.63%). The complete mitogenome of will also be useful as a baseline reference genome for the reconstruction and annotation of the mitogenome of other species.