Draft assembly and annotation of the Largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides)

Largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides, LMB) is an aquaculture fish with an annual yield of more than 700,000 tons. Relevant genetic and breeding studies have broad application prospects, and a high-quality genome assembly helps interpret genetic and sequencing data from LMB. In this study, the genome of a male LMBwas sequenced by using the PacBio Sequel sequencing platform (Pacbio), high-throughput chromosome conformation capture (Hi-C) and pair-end illumina sequencing techniques. After assembly and annotation, we obtained a high-quality genome of LMB.