| Description |
The spotted scat, Scatophagus argus, belonging to the Perciformes order, is an economically important marine aquaculture fish species in Asia, especially in Southeast China. As the spotted scat exhibits notable sexual dimorphism with respect to growth, aquaculture efficiency can be increased through the practice of sex control breeding. However, genomic data from S. argus is lacking. Taking advantage of Illumina, PacBio, and Hi-C technologies, we constructed the first high-quality chromosome-level genome assembly for the spotted scat in the present study. The genomic resources generated in this work will not only offer a valuable reference genome for functional genomics studies of spotted scat to decipher the economic traits and sex determination, but also provide important chromosome information for genome comparisons in the wider evolutionary research community. |
