Scientific Name	Takifugu rubripes
Common Name	tiger puffer; Sphaeroides rubripes; Tetraodon rubripes;
Taxonomy ID	31033
Lineage	cellular organisms > Eukaryota > Opisthokonta > Metazoa > Eumetazoa > Bilateria > Deuterostomia > Chordata > Craniata > Vertebrata > Gnathostomata > Teleostomi > Euteleostomi > Actinopterygii > Actinopteri > Neopterygii > Teleostei > Osteoglossocephalai > Clupeocephala > Euteleosteomorpha > Neoteleostei > Eurypterygia > Ctenosquamata > Acanthomorphata > Euacanthomorphacea > Percomorphaceae > Eupercaria > Tetraodontiformes > Tetraodontoidei > Tetradontoidea > Tetraodontidae > Takifugu
External Links	NCBI;
Representative Assembly	FUGU5	GCF_000180615.1	DNA GFF RNA Protein

Description:

The fugu (Takifugu rubripes) genome is estimated to be 400 Mb in length, one of the smallest genomes known among vertebrates. The small size is primarily due to differences in repeated sequence content. The genome sequence is valuable for comparative and evolutionary studies because, although human and fugu lineages diverged over 450 million years ago, the vast majority of genes identified in human are believed to have a fugu counterpart.