Fundulus diaphanus (banded killifish) genome, fFunDia1

The banded killifish (Fundulus diaphanus) is a North American species of temperate freshwater killifish belonging to the genus Fundulus of the family Fundulidae. Its natural geographic range extends from Newfoundland to South Carolina, and west to Minnesota, including the Great Lakes drainages (From Wikipedia entry). This sample of a male individual found in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada was procured by Becky Fuller, Steven Duffy, and Ian Bradbury to generate a high-quality reference genome for the Vertebrate Genomes Project (VGP). Sequencing and genome assembly were conducted at the Vertebrate Genome Lab (VGL) at the Rockefeller University, led by Erich D. Jarvis, Olivier Fedrigo, Giulio Formenti, and Jennifer Balacco.