Stoplight loosejaw (Malacosteus niger)

Containing taxa: Animalia » Chordata » Osteichthyes » Actinopterygii » Neopterygii » Teleostei » Euteleostei » Stomiiformes » Stomiidae

Photoreceptors:
Receptor Opsin λmax Filter λmax Filter λ50% Recep. λmax
MW rhodopsin rod515nm  671nm
MW porphyropsin rod540nm  671nm


Opponent processes:
Description (+) Terminus (-) Terminus Mode
Luminance (scotopic)
MW porphyropsin rod   Scotopic
Yellow-Green
587nm - 545nm - 501nm
 
MW porphyropsin rod MW rhodopsin rod Scotopic

Please wait...

Please wait...

Please wait...

Please wait...

 

Notes and References:

Douglas R.H., Mullineaux C.W., Partridge J.C. (2000) Long-wave sensitivity in deep-sea stomiid dragon? sh with far-red bioluminescence: evidence for a dietary origin of the chlorophyll-derived retinal photosensitizer of Malacosteus niger Phil.Trans. R. Soc. Lond. B 355, 1269-1272

Warrant E.J., Nilsson D.-E. (1998) Absorption of White Light in Photoreceptors. Vision Res., Vol. 38, No. 2, pp. 195-207. PII: S0042-6989(97)00151-X

Stavenga D., Smits R.P., Hoenders B.J. (1993) Simple Exponential Functions Describing the Absorbance Bands of Visual Pigment Spectra. Vision Res. 33(8) pp. 1011-1017. doi:10.1016/0042-6989(93)90237-Q



Note: Many species may have gaps in available data, which may be filled in with extrapolations from closely related species. The AVIAN website is copyright © 2011-2024 J. Gagnon. All rights reserved unless otherwise specified.