Table 4. Conserved sequence blocks in the mitochondrial control region of some teleost representatives.

Species	CSB-1	CSB-2	CSB-3	reference
three Branchiostegus species	TT-CTTAATGCATACTCTTATTGA-GGTG	A-AAACCCCCCTACCCCC	GAAAACCCCCC-G-AAACA	[68]
Chanos chanos	NA	AAACCCCCCCCTCCCCCCA	TGTTAAACCCCCAAAACCA	[69]
Collichthysniveatus	AT-TACTGTATTTTAGTGCATAA	TAGACCCCCCTACCCCCC	T-AA-C-CCTAAAAACA	[70]
Crossostoma lacustre	CTATGTATGTAGAATGAGCATAA	ACAAACCCCCCTACCCCCCT	TGCTCAAACCCCGAAACCA	[71]
Cyprinids (different ploidy level)	ATT-AATTAATG-T-GCAGGACA-TA	CAAA-CCCCCCTACCCCC	TGTCAAACCCGAAACCA	[51]
Cyprinella spiloptera	AGGTTAATGATTATAAGACATAA	CAAACCCCCTTACCCCC	TGTCAAACCCCGAAAGCA	[72]
Dascyllus trimaculatus	CACTACTGTCTTCCCGGACATACA	TAAAACCCCCCTACCCCCCT	TGAAACCCCCCGAAAACA	[73]
Dicentrarchus labrax	TTTATCGTAAGTGACATAGGTAA	AATTTCCCCCCCTACCCCCCC	TGCTCAAAATAAATCCCCCTAAGAAAAAGC	[74]
Larimichthys crocea , L . polyactis	ATTT-AAGTATTC-AGTGCATTA	TAGACCCCCCTACCCCCC	TAA--CCC-TAAAAACA	[75]
Oryzias latipes	ATACAGACCTTGTTGACAAG	CAAACCCCCCTACCCCC	TGCAAACCCCCCGGAAACA	[76]
Pampus sp., Trichiurus japonicas	ATAACTGATATCAAGAGCATAA	TA--CCCCCCTACCCCCC	T--AAACCC-----AAACA	[77]
Pleuragramma antarcticum	TTCTGGGGCATAA	AACCCCCCCCCACCCCC	NA	[12]
Rastrelliger brachysoma	ATATAAGGATATCATGAGCATAA	TAAACCCCCCTACCCCC	TGCAAACCCCCCGGAAA	[78]
Rivulus marmoratus	ATAACTGATATCACGGGCATATC	TAGACCCCCCTACCCCCCT	CATTACAAACTTAAACCA	[79]
Scomber colias , S. japonicas	ACATTTTCCTCGCATAA	GTCAAACCCCCCCACCCCCC	CTGCAAACCCCCCGGGAAACA	[80]
22 groupers in family Epinephelidae	CATAACTGATTTCAAGAACATAA	TAAACCCCCCTACCCCCC	TGTAAACCCCCCGGAAACA	this study

Dashed lines indicate the unconserved nucleotides, i.e. substitutions, insertions, or deletions.