Zebra mbuna (Lake Malawi) (Metriaclima zebra)

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Photoreceptors:
Receptor Opsin λmax Filter λmax Filter λ50% Recep. λmax
Double cone LWS528nm  528nm
Rh2 cone519nm  519nm
Rod485nm  485nm
Double cone MWS484nm  484nm
SWS2 cone423nm  423nm
SWS1 cone368nm  386nm


Opponent processes:
Description (+) Terminus (-) Terminus Mode
Luminance (photopic)
Rh2 cone
Double cone LWS
Double cone MWS
  Photopic
Luminance (scotopic)
Rod   Scotopic
Lime-Blue (double cones)
551nm - 510nm - 467nm
 
Double cone LWS Double cone MWS Photopic
Single cones-Double
540nm - 501nm - 461nm
 
Rh2 cone Double cone LWS
Double cone MWS
Photopic
Green-UV
510nm - 453nm - 388nm
 
Rh2 cone
Double cone LWS
Double cone MWS
SWS1 cone
SWS2 cone
Photopic
Indigo-UV
437nm - 410nm - 384nm
 
SWS2 cone SWS1 cone Photopic

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Notes and References:

Carleton, K. L., Hárosi, F. I., & Kocher, T. D. (2000). Visual pigments of African cichlid fishes: evidence for ultraviolet vision from microspectrophotometry and DNA sequences. Vision research, 40(8), 879-890.

Parry, J. W., Carleton, K. L., Spady, T., Carboo, A., Hunt, D. M., & Bowmaker, J. K. (2005). Mix and match color vision: tuning spectral sensitivity by differential opsin gene expression in Lake Malawi cichlids. Current Biology, 15(19), 1734-1739.

Hofmann CM, O'Quin KE, Marshall NJ, Carelton KL (2010) The relationship between lens transmission and opsin gene expression in cichlids from Lake Malawi. Vision Research 50: 357-363. doi:10.1016/j.visres.2009.12.004

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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