The genome of a giant (trevally): Caranx ignobilis

, commonly known as giant kingfish or giant trevally, is a large, reef-associated apex predator. It is a prized sportfish, targeted throughout its tropical and subtropical range in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It also gained significant interest in aquaculture due to its unusual freshwater toleran...

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Published in:GigaByte (Hong Kong, China) China), 2022-08, Vol.2022, p.gigabyte67-16
Main Authors: Pickett, Brandon D, Glass, Jessica R, Johnson, Timothy P, Ridge, Perry G, Kauwe, John S K
Format: Article
Language:English
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Data Release
Evolutionary Biology
Genetics and Genomics
Marine Biology
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Summary:, commonly known as giant kingfish or giant trevally, is a large, reef-associated apex predator. It is a prized sportfish, targeted throughout its tropical and subtropical range in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It also gained significant interest in aquaculture due to its unusual freshwater tolerance. Here, we present a draft assembly of the estimated 625.92 Mbp nuclear genome of a individual from Hawaiian waters, which host a genetically distinct population. Our 97.4% BUSCO-complete assembly has a contig NG50 of 7.3 Mbp and a scaffold NG50 of 46.3 Mbp. Twenty-five of the 203 scaffolds contain 90% of the genome. We also present noisy, long-read DNA, Hi-C, and RNA-seq datasets, the latter containing eight distinct tissues and can help with annotations and studies of freshwater tolerance. Our genome assembly and its supporting data are valuable tools for ecological and comparative genomics studies of kingfishes and other carangoid fishes.
ISSN:2709-4715
2709-4715
DOI:10.46471/gigabyte.67