Barramundi (Lates calcarifer)

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Photoreceptors:
Receptor Opsin λmax Filter λmax Filter λ50% Recep. λmax
Double cone LWS595nm  595nm
Double cone MWS580nm  580nm
Rod516nm  516nm
SWS2 cone472nm  476nm


Opponent processes:
Description (+) Terminus (-) Terminus Mode
Luminance (photopic)
Double cone LWS
Double cone MWS
  Photopic
Luminance (scotopic)
Rod   Scotopic
Red-Green (double cones)
640nm - 593nm - 545nm
 
Double cone LWS Double cone MWS Photopic
Yellow-Aqua
588nm - 527nm - 474nm
 
Double cone LWS
Double cone MWS
SWS2 cone Photopic

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Notes and References:

Ullmann J.F.P., Gallagher T., Hart N.S., Barnes A.C., Smullen R.P., Collin S.P., Temple S.E. Tank color increases growth, and alters color preference and spectral sensitivity, in barramundi (Lates calcarifer), Aquaculture, Volume 322, 2011, Pages 235-240. ISSN 0044-8486. doi:10.1016/j.aquaculture.2011.10.005.

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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