Table 1 Some examples of whole genome sequencing of aquatic and aquaculture species

Ictalurus punctatus (Channel catfish)

Liu et al. 2016 [5]

Ictalurus furcatus (Blue catfish)

Waldbieser and Liu, unpublished data

Oncorhynchus mykiss (Rainbow trout)

Berthelot et al. 2014 [7]

Salmo salar (Atlantic salmon)

Lien et al. 2016 [6]

Oreochromis niloticus (Nile tilapia)

Brawand et al. 2014 [8]

Crassostrea virginica (Eastern oyster)

Gomez-Chiarri et al. 2015 [15] & personal communication

Crassostrea gigas (Pacific oyster)

Zhang et al. 2012 [9]

Penaeus/Litopenaeus vannamei (Pacific white shrimp)

Xiang, 2016, personal communication

Penaeus monodon (Giant tiger prawn)

Warren, personal communication

Atlantic Cod

Star et al. 2011 [142]

Bluegill sunfish

Wang, personal communication

California yellowtail

Severin, Purcell, Hyde, personal communication

Cavefish

McGaugh et al. 2014 [143]

Coelacanth

Amemiya et al. 2013 [144]

Common carp

Xu et al. 2014b [145]

Indian catfish

Das, personal communication

Japanse flounder

Chen, Yellow Sea Fisheries Institute, China, personal communication

Grass carp

Wang et al. 2015 [146]

Lamprey

Smith et al. 2013 [147]

Medaka

Kasahara et al. 2007 [148]

Pacific abalone

Severin, Purcell, Hyde, personal communication

Pearl oyster

Du, personal communication

Platyfish

Schartl et al. 2013 [149]

Rohu carp

Das, personal communication

Sea bass

Tine et al. 2014 [150]

Scallops

Bao, Ocean University of China, personal communication

Sea cucumber

Xiang, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China, personal communication

Shark

Venkatesh et al. 2014 [151]

Sole

Chen et al. 2014 [152]

Stickleback

Jones et al. 2012 [153]

Striped bass

Reading, 2016, personal communication

Tetraodon

Jaillon et al. 2004 [154]

Turbot

Figueras et al. 2016 [155]

White bass

Reading, 2016, personal communication

Yellow croaker

Wu et al. 2014 [156]

Yellow perch

Wang, personal communication

Zebrafish

Howe et al. 2013 [157]