Genome annotation of humpback grouper (Cromileptes altivelis)

Humpback grouper (Cromileptes altivelis), an Epinephelidae species, is patchily distributed in reef habitats of Western Pacific water. This grouper possesses a remarkably different body shape and notably low growth rates compared to closely related grouper species. Up to now, the evolutionary status of humpback grouper is ambiguous in grouper species. In order to promote further research of the grouper, in the present study, a high-quality chromosome-level genome of humpback grouper was assembled using PacBio sequencing and high-throughput chromatin conformation capture (Hi-C) technology.