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Table 18.1.

Some Commercially or Scientifically Important Fish and Seafood Species and the

Availability of Protein and Nucleotide

Sequence Data as of June 7, 2004

Protein

Nucleotide

Protein

Nucleotide

Sequences

Sequences

Sequences

Sequences

Actinopterygii

(ray-finned fishes)

77,396

1,586,862

Tetraodontiformes

(puffers and

29,387

305,449

filefishes)

Elopomorpha

1,215

1,473

Pufferfish

(Takifugu rubripes)

948

89,901

Anguilliformes

(eels and morays)

966

1,354

Green pufferfish

(Tetraodon

28,149

215,158

nigroviridis)

European eel

(Anguilla anguilla)

114

199

Zeiformes

(dories)

171

57

Clupeomorpha

180

337

John Dory

(Zeus faber)

34

29

Clupeiformes

(herrings)

180

337

Scorpaeniformes

(scorpionfishes/

634

1,388

flatheads)

Atlantic herring

(Clupea harengus)

29

35

Redfish

(Sebastes marines)

37

European pilchard

(Sardina

17

44

Lumpsucker

(Cyclopterus lumpus)

31

4

pilchardus)

Ostariophysii

21,562

771,661

Cypriniformes

(carps)

18,890

722,727

Chondrichthyes

(cartilagenous

2,389

2,224

fishes)

Zebrafish

(Danio rerio)

13,659

704,204

Carcharhiniformes

(ground sharks)

480

399

Siluriformes

(catfishes)

1,674

47,635

Lesser spotted dogfish

(Scyliorhinus

208

104

canicula)

Channel catfish

(Ictalurus punctatus)

532

35,240

Blue shark

(Prionace glauca)

84

Protacanthopterygii

4,392

257,953

Lamniformes

(mackerel sharks)

178

239

Salmoniformes

(salmons)

4,230

257,923

Basking shark

(Cetorhinus maximus)

16

16

Atlantic salmon

(Salmo salar)

686

90,577

Rajiformes

(skates)

275

304

Rainbow trout

(Oncorhynchus mykiss)

1,480

159,907

Thorny skate

(Raja radiata)

39

6

Arctic charr

(Salvelinus alpinus)

90

251

Blue skate

(Raja batis)

10

Paracanthopterygii

1,880

2,335

Little skate

(Raja erinacea)

162

152

Gadiformes

(cods)

1,445

1,528

Atlantic cod

(Gadus morhua)

905

936

Mollusca

(mollusks)

11,229

35,187

Alaska pollock

(Theragra

124

136

Bivalvia

3,072

15,926

chalcogramma)

Saithe

(Pollachius virens)

16

26

Blue mussel

(Mytilus edulis)

535

591

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