Model organism or animal sample from Labroides dimidiatus
Labroides dimidiatus
Cleaning symbioses are intriguing interspecific interactions where a cleaner removes mainly ectoparasites from a client. Such interactions performed by cleaner fish are essential in maintaining diverse and healthy natural fish communities and in aquaculture systems. Here, we assembled a high-quality chromosome-level genome of L. dimidiatus to pinpoint the molecular adaptations and convergent genomic features underlying the essential cleaning behaviour.
isolate
JK-2023
isolation_source
tropical fish wholesaler
dev_stage
late juvenile
sex
not provided
tissue
brain, gills, muscle
collection_date
missing
geo_loc_name
Hong Kong
BioSampleModel
Model organism or animal