Whole genome assembly of the armored loricariid catfish Ancistrus triradiatus highlights herbivory signatures.

ABSTRACT: The catfish Ancistrus triradiatus belongs to the species-rich family Loricariidae. Loricariids display remarkable traits such as herbivory, a benthic lifestyle, the absence of scales but the presence of dermal bony plates. They are exported as ornamental fish worldwide, with escaped fishes becoming a threat locally. Although genetic and phylogenetic studies are continuously increasing and developmental genetic investigations are underway, no genome assembly has been formally proposed for Loricariidae yet. We report a high-quality genome assembly of Ancistrus triradiatus using long and short reads, and a newly assembled transcriptome. The genome assembly is composed of 9530 scaffolds, including 85.6% of ray-finned fish BUSCOs, and 26,885 predicted protein-coding genes. The genomic GC conten

SUBMITTER: Lemopoulos A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9596584 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature