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Species Card Details

Pachymetopon grande

Bronze seabream

Species Card Photograph

Group:

Bony fish

Size:

65 cm TL

Distribution:

Endemic to southern Africa and is currently known from the southern
Mozambique to Struisbaai, Western Cape.

P2Solo Sequencing Report:

Output:

74,7 Gigabases

Approximate N50:

12,8 kilobases

Assembly N50:

TBA

Contig number:

TBA

Draft Genome Assembly Statistics:

Assembler used:

TBA

Genome Length:

744.94 Mb

BUSCO completeness score (single and duplicated genes):

99.6%

BUSCO database:

TBA

Importance:

An important species to the recreational and small scale fishing sector. Listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Redlist.

Sample Contributor contact details:

Dr Gwynneth Matcher
South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity

Date Published:

2024-05-07

Awaiting DOI

Photo credit:

© B Mann

Fauna

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