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Photoreceptors:

Receptor	Opsin λmax	Filter λmax	Filter λ50%	Recep. λmax
Double cone LWS	620nm			620nm
Rod	540nm			540nm
Double cone MWS	525nm			525nm
SWS2a cone	441nm			441nm
SWS2b cone	428nm			428nm
SWS1 cone	365nm			372nm

Opponent processes:

Description	(+) Terminus	(-) Terminus	Mode
Luminance (photopic)	Double cone LWS Double cone MWS		Photopic
Luminance (scotopic)	Rod		Scotopic
Red-Teal 638nm - 575nm - 518nm	Double cone LWS	Double cone MWS	Photopic
Green-UV 548nm - 481nm - 378nm	Double cone LWS Double cone MWS	SWS1 cone SWS2b cone SWS2a cone	Photopic
SWS2a cone - SWS2b cone 484nm - 444nm - 402nm	SWS2a cone	SWS2b cone	Photopic
Blue-UV 448nm - 410nm - 369nm	SWS2b cone SWS2a cone	SWS1 cone	Photopic

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10001	t1	VSPLIT		Receptor,Rod,Cone
10002	t1	RCPMODE		Rod,1
10003	t1	TSPLIT		Cone,LWS cone,SWS cone
10004	t1	OPSIN		LWS cone,530
10005	t1	TSPLIT		SWS cone,MWS cone,SWS1 cone
10006	t1	OPSIN		SWS1 cone,380
10008	t1	TSPLIT		MWS cone,Rh2 cone,SWS2 cone
10009	t1	OPSIN		SWS2 cone,440
106382	t1	DSCOPP		643,SWS2 cone,SWS1 cone,Rod
106383	t1	DISCOPP		10003,Rh2 cone
106384	t1	CONNOPP		10003,+,Rh2 cone
106385	t1	DSCOPP		10005,Rh2 cone
106386	t1	CONNOPP		10008,+,LWS cone
106387	t1	DSCOPP		10008,SWS2 cone
106388	t1	DISCOPP		10008,Rh2 cone
106389	t1	CONNOPP		10008,-,Rh2 cone
106412	t1	NAMEOPP		643,Luminance (photopic)
106413	t1	NAMEOPP		10001,Luminance (scotopic)
106416	t1	DELOPP		106390
106418	t1	CONNdhgOPP	10003,+,LWS cone
106438	t1	NAMEOPP		10003,Yellow-Blue
106439	t1	NAMEOPP		10005,Blue-UV
106440	t1	NAMEOPP		10008,Red-Green
1335409	t1	RCPACU		Cone,2
1335410	t1	RCPACU		Rod,.5
10007	t478	RCPNAME		Rod-like,Rod
106626	t478	GRADLVL		50
1335402	t478	RCPACU		LWS cone,Rh2 cone,5
1335403	t478	RCPACU		SWS2 cone,SWS1 cone,1
1361559	t478	RCPACU		Rod,2
1561559	t478	RCPACU		Rod,2
10109	t2	OPSIN		LWS cone,620
10110	t2	PORPH		LWS cone,Rh2 cone,SWS2 cone,SWS1 cone,Rod,1
10114	t2	OPSIN		Rh2 cone,525
106435	t2	RCPNAME		LWS cone,Double cone LWS
106436	t2	RCPNAME		Rh2 cone,Double cone MWS
106437	t2	OPSIN		Double cone,0
106448	t125	TSPLIT		SWS2 cone,SWS2a cone,SWS2b cone
1072	s185	OPSIN		DoubleP,631
1073	s185	OPSIN		DoubleA,541
1074	s185	OPSIN		SWS2a cone,441
1075	s185	OPSIN		SWS1 cone,365
1076	s185	OPSIN		Rod,540
1077	s185	OPSIN		SWS2b cone,428
1078	s185	SCRPIGR		red cone,0,0
1079	s185	SCRPIGR		green cone,0,0
1080	s185	SCRPIGR		blue 1 cone,0,0
1081	s185	SCRPIGR		uv cone,0,0
1082	s185	SCRPIGR		rod,0,0
4703	s185	PORPH		red cone,1
4704	s185	PORPH		green cone,1
4705	s185	PORPH		blue 1 cone,1
4706	s185	PORPH		uv cone,1
4707	s185	PORPH		rod,1
4708	s185	PORPH		blue 2 cone,1

Notes and References:

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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Longnose gar (Lepisosteus osseus)

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