Rhinogobio cylindricus, a bottom-dwelling fish, is the one of two endemic species of genus Rhinogobio in the upper Yangtze River. Its phylogenetic status remains controversial. In this study, we sequenced the complete mito-genome of R. cylindricus. The genome is 16,610 bp in length, containing 22 tRNA genes, 13 protein-coding genes, 2 rRNA genes and a control region (D-loop). The nucleotide composition is 31.03% A, 26.91% C, 16.20% G and 25.86% T, with a slight AT bias of 56.89%, which is similar to that of most other fishes.
Keywords: Complete mitochondrial genome; Rhinogobio cylindricus; Yangtze River.