The genome sequence of the European smelt, Osmerus eperlanus (Linnaeus, 1758)

We present a genome assembly from a specimen of Osmerus eperlanus (European smelt; Chordata; Actinopteri; Osmeriformes; Osmeridae). The genome sequence has a total length of 508.70 megabases. Most of the assembly (95.79%) is scaffolded into 28 chromosomal pseudomolecules. The mitochondrial genome has also been assembled, with a length of 16.61 kilobases.