Hung-Du Lin

Abstract Parupeneus biaculeatus, also known as pointed goatfish, belongs to the family Mullidae and is distinguished by its unique hyoid barbels containing sensory organs and a specialized foraging strategy, setting it apart from other fish species and making it an ideal model for studying biological adaptations and evolutionary processes. In this study, we present a high-quality chromosome-level genome assembly for P. biaculeatus using HiFi long reads and Hi-C data.

1 INTRODUCTION With the global population rapidly increasing, seafood has become a critical food source. However, overfishing has precipitated a decline in global fishery resources (Madduppa et al., 2018; Srinivasan et al., 2010; Sumaila et al., 2016; Zhang et al., 2023).

1 Introduction The niche concept is often considered as a place in the natural world, particularly a habitat, a microhabitat, or a range of suitable environmental conditions (Grinnell, 1917), or as the role a species plays in the ecosystem defined, in part, by its resources and consumers (Elton, 1927; Ricklefs, 2010).