Reference genomes of the Chinese perch (Siniperca chuatsi), the Eurasian perch (Perca fluviatilis) and three related fish species of the family Sinipercidae for comparative genomics and marker assisted breeding in aquaculture

中华鲟（Siniathua chuatsi），又名桂鱼或鲈鱼，是一种珍贵的水产养殖鱼类，近20年来在我国的产量不断增长。本项目的目的是提供高质量的中华鲟和其他三个中华鲟科成员的参考基因组。kneri，S. scherzeri和C. whiteheadi）。这一国际项目将补充一个参考集合的Perca fluviatilis作为一个相关的物种在欧洲水产养殖业的未来利益。这些数据将被用来进行比较基因组分析Sinipercids/Percids以及更远的相关Percomorphaceae物种。为此，需要开发生物信息学策略，允许多物种比较，结合染色体共线性，基因和核苷酸水平的基因组分析。这些生物信息学工具将有助于回答有关生长、耐盐性和性别分化的生物学问题。

Siniperca chuatsi, also known as Mandarin fish or Chinese perch is a highly valuable aquaculture fish, whose production has been constantly growing over the past twenty years in China. The aim of this project is to provide high quality reference genomes of Siniperca chuatsi and three other members of the Sinipercidae family (S. kneri, S. scherzeri and C. whiteheadi). This international project will be complemented by a reference assembly of Perca fluviatilis as a related species of future interest in European aquaculture. These data will be used to perform comparative genomic analysis within Sinipercids/Percids as well as with more distantly related Percomorphaceae species. For this purpose, bioinformatic strategies need to be developed that allow multi-species comparisons which combine chromosomal collinearity, gene- and nucleotide-level genomic analyses. These bioinformatics tools will help to answer biological questions regarding growth, salinity tolerance and sexual differentiation.