Winter, Sven (University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna / Goethe University Frankfurt / Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre) Sven Winter Janke, Axel (Goethe University Frankfurt / Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre / LOEWE Centre for Translational Biodiversity Genomics) Axel Janke Bach, Katharina (Goethe University Frankfurt) Katharina Bach de Raad, Jordi (Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre / LOEWE Centre for Translational Biodiversity Genomics) Jordi de Raad Wolf, Magnus (Goethe University Frankfurt / Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre) Magnus Wolf Valente, Raphael T. F. (Goethe University Frankfurt / Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre) Raphael T. F. Valente de Jong, Menno J. (Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre) Menno J. de Jong Schöneberg, Yannis (Goethe University Frankfurt / Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre) Yannis Schöneberg Christoph, Maria (Goethe University Frankfurt ) Maria Christoph von Klopotek, Hagen (Goethe University Frankfurt) Hagen von Klopotek Nilsson, Maria Anna (Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre / LOEWE Centre for Translational Biodiversity Genomics) Maria Anna Nilsson Sonnewald, Moritz (Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre) Moritz Sonnewald Wenz, Christian (Goethe University Frankfurt) Christian Wenz Ngetich, Emmanuel Kipruto (Goethe University Frankfurt) Emmanuel Kipruto Ngetich Milz, Tim (Goethe University Frankfurt) Tim Milz Kauffeldt, Aaron Hagen (Goethe University Frankfurt) Aaron Hagen Kauffeldt Hanack, Wiebke (Goethe University Frankfurt) Wiebke Hanack Pashm Foroush, Behgol (Goethe University Frankfurt) Behgol Pashm Foroush Oxford University Press 2023 Despite increasing sequencing efforts, numerous fish families still lack a reference genome, which complicates genetic research. One such understudied family is the sand lances (Ammodytidae, literally: "sand burrower"), a globally distributed clade of over 30 fish species that tend to avoid tidal currents by burrowing into the sand. Here, we present the first annotated chromosome-level genome assembly of the great sand eel (Hyperoplus lanceolatus). The genome assembly was generated using Oxford Nanopore Technologies long sequencing reads and Illumina short reads for polishing. The final assembly has a total length of 808.5 Mbp, of which 97.1% were anchored into 24 chromosome-scale scaffolds using proximity-ligation scaffolding. It is highly contiguous with a scaffold and contig N50 of 33.7 and 31.3 Mbp, respectively, and has a BUSCO completeness score of 96.9%. The presented genome assembly is a valuable resource for future studies of sand lances, as this family is of great ecological and commercial importance and may also contribute to studies aiming to resolve the suprafamiliar taxonomy of bony fishes. PDFDocument en 2024-07-29T11:13:54.593Z Ammodytidae; Eupercaria; Omni-C; Oxford Nanopore; Proximity-ligation Scaffolding; Interproscan; Accurate 9460834 b application/pdf CC BY-NC 4.0 International