Kole tang (Ctenochaetus strigosus)

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Photoreceptors:
Receptor Opsin λmax Filter λmax Filter λ50% Recep. λmax
DoubleP548nm  548nm
DoubleA521nm  521nm
Rh2 cone501nm  501nm
Rod486nm  486nm
SWS2a cone458nm  458nm
SWS2b cone449nm  450nm


Opponent processes:
Description (+) Terminus (-) Terminus Mode
Luminance (photopic)
Rh2 cone
DoubleP
DoubleA
  Photopic
Luminance (scotopic)
Rod   Scotopic
Yellow-Cyan (double cones)
582nm - 540nm - 496nm
 
DoubleP DoubleA Photopic
Double-Single cones
567nm - 524nm - 480nm
 
DoubleP
DoubleA
Rh2 cone Photopic
Green-Blue
535nm - 492nm - 446nm
 
Rh2 cone
DoubleP
DoubleA
SWS2b cone
SWS2a cone
Photopic
SWS2a cone - SWS2b cone
497nm - 465nm - 429nm
 
SWS2a cone SWS2b cone Photopic

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Notes and References:

Losey, G. S., McFarland, W. N., Loew, E. E., Zamzow, J. P., Nelson, P. A., Marshall, N. J. Visual Biology of Hawaiian Coral Reef Fishes. I. Ocular Transmission and Visual Pigments (2003) Copeia, 2003(3):433-454

Siebeck U.E., Marshall N.J. (1999) Ocular media transmission of coral reef fish - can coral reef fish see ultraviolet light? Vision Research 41 (2001) 133 - 149.

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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