Chennai, July 21 -- A team of researchers from Central Institute of Brackishwater Aquaculture (CIBA), Chennai, have successfully sequenced the genome of the goldlined seabream, Rhabdosargus sarba, known locally as Matti Vaayan in Tamil.
It is one of the commonly preferred food fishes with high domestic market demand in India.
Being a euryhaline species, goldlined seabream has a potential for farming both in wide range of salinities under different production systems, the ponds and cages,
a PIB release said here today.
The availability of this high-quality reference level genome of goldlined seabream is a significant achievement in advancing the understanding of this fish species in all aspects.
It helps in paving the way for future s...