Table 1.

Basic assembly statistics (> 300 bp) compared to existing small-spotted catshark transcriptomes

	KEA	MEA	RAW	MCF	HTMCF
Total base count	45,214,552	110,464,397	275,457,098	275,410,367	80,066,015
Total contig count	58,273	86,006	388,800	387,579	102,228
N50a contig length	965	2316	786	791	969
L50b contig count	12,721	13,518	89,641	88,973	20,814
GC content (%)	45.69	43.9	42.09	42.1	42.03

^aN50: the length of the shortest contig included when the least number of contigs are used to make up 50% of the total assembly length

^bL50: the total contig count when the least number of contigs are used to make up 50% of the total assembly length