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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.
Phylum:
Chordata
Estimated genome size:
749 Million DNA base pairs (0,749 Gigabases)
Organism size:
6 - 7 cm
Distribution:
The Rocky kurper is a South African endemic, occurring in the Kowie, Great Fish, Buffalo, Keiskamma and Nahoon River systems.
PromethION Sequencing Report:
Output:
~72 Gigabases
Approximate N50:
4,68 kilobases
Sandelia bainsii
Rocky kurper
Draft Genome Assembly Statistics:
Genome Length:
0,64 Giga bases
BUSCO completeness score (single and duplicated genes):
99,6%
Importance:
Used commercially as aquarium fish. Due to human impacts on riverine systems and the fact that it is preyed upon by introduced predators such as bass and sharptooth catfish, the Rocky kurper is listed as Endangered on IUCN Redlist. This is the first species in this genus to have its genome sequenced.
Photo credit:
© P. Skelton
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