NCBI/ENA Chromosome-Resolved Cetacean Genomes

Chromosome-resolved cetacean reference genomes currently available through public repositories, including NCBI and ENA.

Other Chromosome-Resolved Cetacean Genomes

Additional chromosome-resolved cetacean reference genomes available through alternative repositories and initiatives, including resources such as the Aotearoa Genomic Data Repository and the China National GeneBank DataBase.

Genomes on a Tree (GoaT) - Cetacean Genomes Project 🔗

Aotearoa Genomic Data Repository 🔗

Developed in accordance with Māori Data Sovereignty principles to support kaitiakitanga (guardianship), enabling iwi, hapū, and whānau to effectively exercise their responsibilities as guardians of taonga (treasured biological entities)

Get the list of chromosome-resolved cetacean genomes currently available from NCBI 🔗

Status of cetacean species genomes available from NCBI 🔗

Including contig, scaffold and chromosome-level genomes

*All illustrations were obtained from NOAA Fisheries

Taonga species:

Hourglass dolphin🔗

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China National GeneBank DataBase 🔗

The China National GeneBank DataBase Assembly database stores and provides genome assembly data from CNSA and NCBI, including information on assembly characteristics, sequencing technologies, and assembly methods

Chromosome-Resolved Cetacean Genomes (Click on the species illustration to redirect to NCBI)
Taxon ID Family Scientific Name Common Name
9764EschrichtiidaeEschrichtius robustusGrey whale
27606BalaenidaeEubalaena glacialisNorth Atlantic right whale
9767BalaenopteridaeBalaenoptera acutorostrataMinke whale
9770BalaenopteridaeBalaenoptera physalusFin whale
9768BalaenopteridaeBalaenoptera borealisSei whale
9771BalaenopteridaeBalaenoptera musculusBlue whale
9769BalaenopteridaeBalaenoptera edeniEden's whale
2746895BalaenopteridaeBalaenoptera riceiRice's whale
9773BalaenopteridaeMegaptera novaeangliaeHumpback whale
9755PhyseteridaePhyseter macrocephalusSperm whale
27615KogiidaeKogia brevicepsPygmy sperm whale
40151MonodontidaeMonodon monocerosNarwhal
9749MonodontidaeDelphinapterus leucasBeluga
48708ZiphiidaeMesoplodon densirostrisBlainville's beaked whale
48745ZiphiidaeMesoplodon bidensSowerby's beaked whale
52113ZiphiidaeMesoplodon mirusTrue's beaked whale
48744ZiphiidaeHyperoodon ampullatusNorthern bottlenose whale
9742PhocoenidaePhocoena phocoenaHarbour porpoise
42100PhocoenidaePhocoena sinusVaquita
3370372PhocoenidaeNeophocaena asiaeorientalis sunameriEast Asian finless porpoise
9725IniidaeInia geoffrensisAmazon river dolphin
103596DelphinidaePeponocephala electraMelon-headed whale
27610DelphinidaeLagenorhynchus albirostrisWhite-beaked dolphin
3371109DelphinidaeLeucopleurus acutusAtlantic white-sided dolphin
46167DelphinidaeSteno bredanensisRough-toothed dolphin
82174DelphinidaePseudorca crassidensFalse killer whale
83653DelphinidaeGrampus griseusRisso's dolphin
9728DelphinidaeDelphinus delphisCommon dolphin
9731DelphinidaeGlobicephala melasLong-finned pilot whale
9733DelphinidaeOrcinus orcaKiller whale
9737DelphinidaeStenella coeruleoalbaStriped dolphin
9739DelphinidaeTursiops truncatusBottlenose dolphin

Contiguity assessment of public contig, scaffold, and chromosome-level cetacean genomes (from the CGP project GoaT web site, July 2025). Reference-quality genomes meet the Earth BioGenome Project (EBP) assembly contiguity metrics highlighted by the EBP metric zone. Contigs are segments of contiguous, i.e. gapless, sequence. Scaffolds are sets of contigs that have been ordered and oriented using long-range mapping data such as optical maps and Hi-C. The scaffolds contain gaps. N50 is a measure of average length, e.g. 50% of all bases are contained in contigs of length N50 or longer. https://goat.genomehubs.org/projects/CGP