Complete mitochondrial genome ofOdontobutis potamophila(Teleostei, Perciformes, Odontobutidae) from the newly found population of the Upper Yangtze River

The Odontobutis potamophila is endemic commercial fishery species to China and distributed mainly in middle and lower Yangtze River of China. Here, we describe a complete mitochondrial genome from the newly found population of O. potamophila in the Three Gorges Reservoir where located in the upper Yangtze River. It was 16,939 bp in size and encodes for two rRNAs, 22 tRNAs, 13 protein-coding genes, and a D-loop control region. Phylogenetic analysis confirmed the evolutionary relationship of the O. potamophila in the upper Yangtze to other five species of the genus Odontobutis. The mitochondrial genome would help to elucidate the origin of the new population of O. potamophila.