“…Gene order in vertebrate mtDNA is thought to be quite conserved, especially in fishes (Clayton, 1992;Manchado et al, 2007). However, an increasing number of gene rearrangements in mtDNA have been identified in many taxa, including reptiles (Mueller and Boore, 2005;Okajima and Kumazawa, 2010), birds (Bensch and Harlid, 2000;Schirtzinger et al, 2012;Verkuil et al, 2010), amphibians (Macey et al, 1997;Sano et al, 2005), and fishes (Gong et al, 2013a;Inoue et al, 2003;Kong et al, 2009;Ki et al, 2008;Mabuchi et al, 2004;Ponce et al, 2008;Shi et al, 2013Shi et al, , 2014aShi et al, , 2015a.…”