diff --git a/contaminome.yml b/contaminome.yml
index 87f5754..939bc92 100644
--- a/contaminome.yml
+++ b/contaminome.yml
@@ -39,6 +39,11 @@ eukaryotes:
    vulgarname: yeast
    accession: GCF_000146045.2
    taxid: 4932
+  Schizosaccharomyces pombe:
+   URL: https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/genomes/all/GCF/000/002/945/GCF_000002945.2_ASM294v3/GCF_000002945.2_ASM294v3_genomic.fna.gz
+   vulgarname: fission-yeast
+   accession: GCF_000002945.2
+   taxid: 4896
   Danio rerio:
    URL: https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/genomes/all/GCF/000/002/035/GCF_000002035.6_GRCz11/GCF_000002035.6_GRCz11_genomic.fna.gz
    vulgarname: zebrafish
diff --git a/src/tools/prep_contaminome.py b/src/tools/prep_contaminome.py
index 591abf9..c4052d0 100644
--- a/src/tools/prep_contaminome.py
+++ b/src/tools/prep_contaminome.py
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
     'japanese-medaka': [8090, 13, 'species'],
     'c-elegans': [6239, 13, 'species'],
     'yeast': [4932, 13, 'species'],
+    'fission-yeast': [4896, 13, 'species'],
     'zebrafish': [7955, 13, 'species'],
     'moss-piglet': [232323, 13, 'species'],
     'ecoli': [562, 14, 'species'],