Complete mitochondrial genome of the Walking goby Scartelaos histophorus (Perceformes, Gobiidae)

The Walking goby Scartelaos histophorus (Perciformes, Gobiidae) is an amphibious gobioid fish. In this paper, the complete mitochondrial genome of S. histophorus was first determined. The genome is 16,496 bp in length and consists of 13 protein-coding genes, 22 tRNA genes, 2 ribosomal RNA genes, and 1 control region. The overall base composition of S. histophorus is 27.5% for T, 28.0% for C, 28.3% for A, and 16.1% for G, with a slight A+T bias of 55.8%. It has the typical vertebrate mitochondrial gene arrangement.