Table II.
Other fishes with significant EST collections (> 8,000 ESTs). Numbers in parentheses represent the total number of ESTs in a particular class or order.
| Class | Order | Species | Common Name | # ESTs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chondrichthyes (76,075) | ||||
| Squaliformes (32,562) | ||||
| Squalus acanthias | spiny dogfish | 32,562 | ||
| Rajiformes (31,167) | ||||
| Leucoraja erinacea | little skate | 31,167 | ||
| Torpediniformes (10,185) | ||||
| Torpedo californica | Pacific electric ray | 10,185 | ||
| Chimaeriformes (27,944) | ||||
| Callorhinchus milii | elephant fish | 27,944* | ||
| Petromyzontida (129,520) | ||||
| Petromyzontiformes (129,520) | ||||
| Petromyzon marinus | lamprey | 120,731 | ||
| Lethenteron japonicum | Arctic lamprey | 8,788 | ||
| Myxini (23,886) | ||||
| Myxiniformes (23,886) | ||||
| Eptatretus burgeri | Inshore hagfish | 23,886 | ||
*
Elephant fish sequences are GSS rather than ESTs. GSS are Genome Survey Sequences. GSS are genomic in origin, rather than cDNA (mRNA). The elephant fish sequences were derived from a whole genome shotgun library.