Rainbow trout (young) (Oncorhynchus mykiss)

Containing taxa: Animalia » Chordata » Osteichthyes » Actinopterygii » Neopterygii » Teleostei » Euteleostei » Protacanthopterygii » Salmoniformes

Photoreceptors:
Receptor Opsin λmax Filter λmax Filter λ50% Recep. λmax
Double cone LWS576nm  576nm
Double cone MWS531nm  531nm
Rod521nm  521nm
SWS2 cone434nm  434nm
SWS1 cone365nm  364nm


Opponent processes:
Description (+) Terminus (-) Terminus Mode
Luminance (photopic)
Double cone LWS
Double cone MWS
  Photopic
Luminance (scotopic)
Rod   Scotopic
Orange-Teal (double cones)
602nm - 556nm - 510nm
 
Double cone LWS Double cone MWS Photopic
Green-UV
548nm - 472nm - 364nm
 
Double cone LWS
Double cone MWS
SWS1 cone
SWS2 cone
Photopic
Indigo-UV
439nm - 399nm - 362nm
 
SWS2 cone SWS1 cone Photopic

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Notes and References:

Craig W. Hawryshyn, Ferenc I. Hárosi, Spectral characteristics of visual pigments in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss), Vision Research, Volume 34, Issue 11, 1994, Pages 1385-1392, ISSN 0042-6989, doi:10.1016/0042-6989(94)90137-6.

Sweeney, A. M., Haddock, S. H., & Johnsen, S. (2007). Comparative visual acuity of coleoid cephalopods. Integrative and comparative biology 47(6), 808-814.

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



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