phaidra.vetmeduni.ac.at o:3297 DOI 10.1093/jhered/esad003 A chromosome-scale reference genome assembly of the great sand eel, Hyperoplus lanceolatus 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. eng Ammodytidae; Eupercaria; Omni-C; Oxford Nanopore; Proximity-ligation Scaffolding; Interproscan; Accurate 2024-07-29T11:25:42.627Z LOMv1.0 Author BEGIN:VCARD VERSION:3.0 N:Winter;Sven; FN:Sven Winter X-ORCID:https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1890-0977 END:VCARD BEGIN:VCARD VERSION:3.0 N:Janke;Axel; FN:Axel Janke X-ORCID:https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9394-1904 END:VCARD BEGIN:VCARD VERSION:3.0 N:Nilsson;Maria Anna; FN:Maria Anna Nilsson X-ORCID:https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8136-7263 END:VCARD BEGIN:VCARD VERSION:3.0 N:Sonnewald;Moritz; FN:Moritz Sonnewald END:VCARD BEGIN:VCARD VERSION:3.0 N:Wenz;Christian; FN:Christian Wenz END:VCARD BEGIN:VCARD VERSION:3.0 N:Ngetich;Emmanuel Kipruto; FN:Emmanuel Kipruto Ngetich END:VCARD BEGIN:VCARD VERSION:3.0 N:Milz;Tim; FN:Tim Milz X-ORCID:https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4102-9312 END:VCARD BEGIN:VCARD VERSION:3.0 N:Kauffeldt;Aaron Hagen; FN:Aaron Hagen Kauffeldt X-ORCID:https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5616-9671 END:VCARD BEGIN:VCARD VERSION:3.0 N:Hanack;Wiebke; FN:Wiebke Hanack END:VCARD BEGIN:VCARD VERSION:3.0 N:Pashm Foroush;Behgol; FN:Behgol Pashm Foroush END:VCARD BEGIN:VCARD VERSION:3.0 N:Bach;Katharina; FN:Katharina Bach X-ORCID:https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5287-2730 END:VCARD BEGIN:VCARD VERSION:3.0 N:de Raad;Jordi; FN:Jordi de Raad X-ORCID:https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4991-4431 END:VCARD BEGIN:VCARD VERSION:3.0 N:Wolf;Magnus; FN:Magnus Wolf X-ORCID:https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9212-9861 END:VCARD BEGIN:VCARD VERSION:3.0 N:Valente;Raphael T. F.; FN:Raphael T. F. Valente X-ORCID:https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6075-7203 END:VCARD BEGIN:VCARD VERSION:3.0 N:de Jong;Menno J.; FN:Menno J. de Jong X-ORCID:https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2131-9048 END:VCARD BEGIN:VCARD VERSION:3.0 N:Schöneberg;Yannis; FN:Yannis Schöneberg X-ORCID:https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1113-973X END:VCARD BEGIN:VCARD VERSION:3.0 N:Christoph;Maria; FN:Maria Christoph X-ORCID:https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9807-8871 END:VCARD BEGIN:VCARD VERSION:3.0 N:von Klopotek;Hagen; FN:Hagen von Klopotek X-ORCID:https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8399-0510 END:VCARD https://w3id.org/kim/hcrt/scheme https://w3id.org/kim/hcrt/text Textdokument Text LOMv1.0 yes https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 application/pdf 9460834 https://phaidra.vetmeduni.ac.at/o:3297 https://phaidra.vetmeduni.ac.at/api/object/o:3297/thumbnail LOMv1.0 discipline