CIIMAR – Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research, U. Porto – University of Porto, Porto, Portugal, Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, U. Porto - University of Porto, Portugal
CIIMAR – Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research, U. Porto – University of Porto, Porto, Portugal, Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, U. Porto - University of Porto, Portugal
Center for Global Mountain Biodiversity, GLOBE Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark, Center for Macroecology, Evolution, and Climate, GLOBE Institute, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
CIBIO - Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, InBIO - Laboratório Associado, Campus de Vairão, Universidade do Porto, 4485-661 Vairão, Portugal, BIOPOLIS - Program in Genomics, Biodiversity and Land Planning, CIBIO, Campus de Vairão, 4485-661 Vairão, Portugal
CIIMAR – Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research, U. Porto – University of Porto, Porto, Portugal, Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, U. Porto - University of Porto, Portugal
CIIMAR – Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research, U. Porto – University of Porto, Porto, Portugal, Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, U. Porto - University of Porto, Portugal
CIIMAR – Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research, U. Porto – University of Porto, Porto, Portugal, Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, U. Porto - University of Porto, Portugal
CIIMAR – Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research, U. Porto – University of Porto, Porto, Portugal, Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, U. Porto - University of Porto, Portugal
CIIMAR – Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research, U. Porto – University of Porto, Porto, Portugal, Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, U. Porto - University of Porto, Portugal
The Atlantic chub mackerel, Scomber colias (Gmelin, 1789), is a medium-sized pelagic fish with substantial importance in the fisheries of the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. Over the past decade, this species has gained special relevance, being one of the main targets of pelagic fisheries in the NE Atlantic. Here, we sequenced and annotated the first high-quality draft genome assembly of S. colias, produced with PacBio HiFi long reads and Illumina paired-end short reads. The estimated genome size is 814 Mbp, distributed into 2,028 scaffolds and 2,093 contigs with an N50 length of 4.19 and 3.34 Mbp, respectively. We annotated 27,675 protein-coding genes and the BUSCO analyses indicated high completeness, with 97.3% of the single-copy orthologs in the Actinopterygii library profile. The present genome assembly represents a valuable resource to address the biology and management of this relevant fishery. Finally, this genome assembly ranks fourth in high-quality genome assemblies within the order Scombriformes and first in the genus Scomber.
