ARPHA Preprints, doi: 10.3897/arphapreprints.e152862
ERGA-BGE genome of Valencia hispanica (Valenciennes, 1826): a critically endangered Iberian toothcarp
expand article infoMarc Ventura‡, Nati Franch§, Rosa Fernández|, Javier Palma-Guerrero|, Astrid Böhne#, Rita Monteiro#, Laura Aguilera¤«, Marta Gut¤«, Tyler S Alioto¤«, Francisco Câmara Ferreira¤«, Fernando Cruz¤«, Jèssica Gómez-Garrido¤«, Leanne Haggerty», Fergal Martin», Tom Brown˄˅
‡ Centre for Advanced Studies of Blanes, Spanish National Research Council (CEAB-CSIC), Accés Cala Sant Francesc 14, 17300 Blanes, Catalonia, Spain, Blanes, Spain§ Parc Natural del Delta de l’Ebre. Av. Catalunya, 46, 43580, Deltebre, Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain, Tarragona, Spain| Metazoa Phylogenomics Lab, Biodiversity Program, Institute of Evolutionary Biology (IBE, CSIC-UPF), Passeig maritim de la Barceloneta 37-49, 08003, Barcelona, Spain, Barcelona, Spain¶ Current address: FIBL Research Institute of Organic Agriculture, Ackerstrasse 113, 5070 Frick, Switzerland, Frick, Switzerland# Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change - Museum Koenig Bonn, Adenauerallee 127, 53113 Bonn, Germany, Bonn, Germany¤ Centro Nacional de Análisis Genómico (CNAG), Baldiri Reixac 4, 08028 Barcelona, Spain, Barcelona, Spain« Universitat de Barcelona (UB), Barcelona, Spain, Barcelona, Spain» European Molecular Biology Laboratory, European Bioinformatics Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, UK, Cambridge, United Kingdom˄ Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research, Alfred-Kowalke-Straße 17, 10315 Berlin, Germany, Berlin, Germany˅ Berlin Center for Genomics in Biodiversity Research (BeGenDiv), Koenigin-Luise-Str 6-8, 14195 Berlin, Germany, Berlin, Germany

Corresponding author: Tom Brown ( brown@izw-berlin.de )

© Marc Ventura, Nati Franch, Rosa Fernández, Javier Palma-Guerrero, Astrid Böhne, Rita Monteiro, Laura Aguilera, Marta Gut, Tyler S Alioto, Francisco Câmara Ferreira, Fernando Cruz, Jèssica Gómez-Garrido, Leanne Haggerty, Fergal Martin, Tom Brown.
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Citation: Ventura M, Franch N, Fernández R, Palma-Guerrero J, Böhne A, Monteiro R, Aguilera L, Gut M, Alioto TS, Câmara Ferreira F, Cruz F, Gómez-Garrido J, Haggerty L, Martin F, Brown T (2025) ERGA-BGE genome of Valencia hispanica (Valenciennes, 1826): a critically endangered Iberian toothcarp. ARPHA Preprints. https://doi.org/10.3897/arphapreprints.e152862
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Abstract
The reference genome of Valencia hispanica, a critically endangered actinopterygian species endemic to the Iberian Peninsula, is key to unravelling its genetic architecture and adaptation to freshwater ecosystems. This genomic resource will enable targeted conservation efforts and shed light on the species' essential role in ecological dynamics, including its contributions to algal biomass regulation and role in the aquatic food web while also highlighting the challenges it faces from habitat degradation and invasive species. Furthermore, it offers opportunities to gain valuable insights into the evolutionary paths within the Valenciidae family, significantly advancing our comprehension of genetic diversity and adaptability in aquatic ecosystems. The entirety of the genome sequence was assembled into 24 contiguous chromosomal pseudomolecules. This chromosome-level assembly encompasses 1.29Gb, composed of 99 contigs and 28 scaffolds, with contig and scaffold N50 values of 38.3Mb and 56.9Mb, respectively.
Keywords
Valencia hispanica, genome assembly, European Reference Genome Atlas, Biodiversity Genomic Europe, Earth Biogenome Project, Valenciidae, Valencia toothcarp, Samaruc, Samarugo