Genome

Xiphophorus maculatus (southern platyfish) Xiphophorus maculatus overview Lineage: Eukaryota[15558]; Metazoa[7784]; Chordata[3583]; Craniata[3548]; Vertebrata[3548]; Euteleostomi[3503]; Actinopterygii[1304]; Neopterygii[1295]; Teleostei[1292]; Neoteleostei[923]; Acanthomorphata[917]; Ovalentaria[397]; Atherinomorphae[117]; Cyprinodontiformes[68]; Poeciliidae[30]; Poeciliinae[30]; Xiphophorus[4]; Xiphophorus maculatus[1]

The southern playtish (Xiphophorus maculatus) is a small freshwater fish native to Mexico and Central America. A popular aquarium fish, the southern platyfish may provide insights into the mechanisms underlying complex behavior, vivipary, and cancer.

Summary Sequence data:  genome assemblies: 2  (See  Genome Assembly and Annotation report) Statistics:  median total length (Mb): 716.993  median protein count: 43564  median GC%: 39.4132 NCBI Annotation Release:  102 Publications (limited to 20 most recent records) MiFish, a set of universal PCR primers for metabarcoding environmental DNA from fishes: detection of more than 230 subtropical marine species. Miya M, et al. R Soc Open Sci 2015 Jul The genome of the platyfish, Xiphophorus maculatus, provides insights into evolutionary adaptation and several complex traits. Schartl M, et al. Nat Genet 2013 May Interrelationships of Atherinomorpha (medakas, flyingfishes, killifishes, silversides, and their relatives): The first evidence based on whole mitogenome sequences. Setiamarga DH, et al. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2008 Nov  Representative (genome information for reference and representative genomes) Reference genome:   Xiphophorus maculatus X_maculatus-5.0-male Submitter: The Genome Institute, Washington University at St. Louis Loc Type Name RefSeq INSDC Size (Mb) GC% Protein rRNA tRNA Other RNA Gene Pseudogene Chr 1 NC_036443.1 CM008938.1 32.27 38.9 2,125 - 8 107 1,221 12 Chr 2 NC_036444.1 CM008939.1 31.54 39.0 2,044 84 349 106 1,552 7 Chr 3 NC_036445.1 CM008940.1 33.4 38.9 2,127 - 108 121 1,305 9 Chr 4 NC_036446.1 CM008941.1 35.29 38.7 1,842 4 6 91 1,048 14 Chr 5 NC_036447.1 CM008942.1 33.36 38.8 2,241 - 16 122 1,289 12 Chr 6 NC_036448.1 CM008943.1 30.19 38.9 1,998 - 183 119 1,362 11 Chr 7 NC_036449.1 CM008944.1 31.7 38.9 1,835 - 8 117 1,038 9 Chr 8 NC_036450.1 CM008945.1 27.84 39.0 1,702 - 6 107 1,044 15 Chr 9 NC_036451.1 CM008946.1 31.54 38.8 1,926 - 11 117 1,107 6 Chr 10 NC_036452.1 CM008947.1 25.26 39.2 1,781 3 15 85 998 10 Chr 11 NC_036453.1 CM008948.1 32.42 39.0 1,904 2 76 99 1,228 13 Chr 12 NC_036454.1 CM008949.1 30.27 38.8 1,922 - 7 90 1,046 9 Chr 13 NC_036455.1 CM008950.1 28.67 39.3 1,662 - 80 120 1,218 14 Chr 14 NC_036456.1 CM008951.1 27.92 39.4 1,880 6 44 200 1,296 14 Chr 15 NC_036457.1 CM008952.1 24.47 39.1 1,568 - 68 80 946 10 Chr 16 NC_036458.1 CM008953.1 25.77 39.2 1,950 - 15 125 1,255 8 Chr 17 NC_036459.1 CM008954.1 20.57 39.4 1,232 - 5 79 674 8 Chr 18 NC_036460.1 CM008955.1 33.42 39.0 1,907 3 12 118 1,135 15 Chr 19 NC_036461.1 CM008956.1 27.87 39.2 1,747 - 7 128 1,037 4 Chr 20 NC_036462.1 CM008957.1 32.93 38.8 2,163 - 193 119 1,425 13 Chr 21 NC_036463.1 CM008958.1 26.62 39.3 1,412 - 172 106 944 9 Chr 22 NC_036464.1 CM008959.1 29.58 38.9 1,702 3 5 118 922 6 Chr 23 NC_036465.1 CM008960.1 32.17 38.9 1,629 - 307 84 1,238 4 Chr 24 NC_036466.1 CM008961.1 14.92 40.1 1,102 - 109 96 672 1 MT NC_011379.1 - 0.02 46.8 13 2 22 - 37 - Un - . - 4.32 39.7 150 12 46 45 242 17 Chromosomes Click on chromosome name to open Genome Data Viewer