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Phylum:

Chordata

Estimated genome size:

65 cm TL

Organism size:

65 cm TL

Distribution:

Endemic to South Africa from the mouth of the Orange river through to KwaZulu-Natal. Adults inhabit inshore marine environments to 25 m depth, usually over sandy or mixed sand and rock shorelines. Juveniles have an obligatory estuarine dependent nursery phase.

P2Solo Sequencing Report:

Output:

85.8 Gigabases

Approximate N50:

6,39 kilobases

Draft Genome Assembly Statistics:

Genome Length:

728,93 Mb

BUSCO completeness score (single and duplicated genes):

99,3%

Importance:

An important reactional and subsistence food fish. Listed as Endangered on the IUCN Redlist.

Sample Contributor contact details

Gwynneth Matcher (SAIAB)

Phylum:

Chordata

Estimated genome size:

137 Million DNA base pairs (1.37 Gigabases )

Organism size:

150 cm TL (male), 120 cm SL (female)

Distribution:

The African longfin eel is endemic to countries bordering the southwest Indian Ocean. Along the east coast of Africa, A. mossambica is found in rivers from Kenya south to Table Bay (South Africa), also found on Madagascar and other western Indian Ocean islands (Mascarene: Réunion and Mauritius Islands, Comoros: Mayotte Island and the Seychelles: Mahé and Praslin Islands).

PromethION Sequencing Report:

Output:

128 Gigabases

Approximate N50:

4.71 kilobases

Anguilla mossambica

African Longfin eel

Species Card Details

Draft Genome Assembly Statistics:

Genome Length:

0,8 Gigabases

BUSCO completeness score (single and duplicated genes):

71.4%

Importance:

Harvested and traded on a global scale for farming and human consumption, is also used as gamefish. This species is considered Near Threatened on IUCN Redlist.

Sample Contributor contact details

Gwynneth Matcher (SAIAB)

Photo credit:

© C. Minkley

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