organism: Albula glossodonta
description: The roundjaw bonefish (Albula glossodonta) is a type of bonefish found in the Pacific Ocean. They are important to food security throughout the coastal Pacific, where they are native, as Pacific island communities depend on this fish for food. However, the species has become depleted throughout much of its range (from Wikipedia entry). This sample from Kaunakakai, Hawaii was procured by John Kauwe to generate transcriptome data for the Vertebrate Genomes Project (VGP). Sequencing and genome assembly were conducted at the Vertebrate Genome Lab (VGL) at the Rockefeller University, led by Erich D. Jarvis, Giulio Formenti, and Jennifer Balacco.