Scatophagus argus Genome sequencing

The spotted scat, Scatophagus argus belonging to the Perciformes order, is an economically important marine aquaculture fish species in Asia, especially in Southeast China. As the spotted scat exhibits notable sexual dimorphism with respect to growth, aquaculture efficiency can be increased through the practice of sex control breeding.The high-quality genome assembly will provide a valuable genomic resource for further biological and evolutionary studies, and facilitate the genomic breeding of the spotted scat.