Table 1.

Lake Malawi haplochromine cichlid genome assemblies

Species/sampleShort nameSexSequencing technologyAssemblerNo. of contigs/scaffoldsContig/scaffold N50 (Mbp)Total size (Gbp)Sequencing depthBUSCO score
Astatotilapia callipteraastCal?PacBio CLR + IlluminaFalcon738 (248)4.4 (38.7)0.8880.7297.2
Maylandia zebramayZebMalePacBio + IlluminaFalcon2331 (1690)1.4 (32.7)0.96154.1298.4
Tropheops sp. “mauve”troMauMalePacBio CLRFalcon2718.40.91137.7298.4
Aulonocara stuartgrantiaulStuMalePacBio CLRFalcon10272.10.8986.3198.3
Otopharynx argyrosomaotoArgMaleONTShasta28612.50.8824.4493.6
Copadichromis chrysonotuscopChrMaleONTShasta62250.60.8619.4392.5
Rhamphcchromis sp. “chilingali”rhaChiMalePacBio CLRFalcon4374.40.9094.3798.4
rhaChi2FemaleONTShasta32391.20.8542.1393.9

[i] astCal and mayZeb are previously published chromosome-level assemblies from Ensembl. Values in parentheses for these two indicate properties calculated for scaffolds, in addition to the contig-level statistics like for the other assemblies.