Sand goby (Pomatoschistus minutus)

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Photoreceptors:
Receptor Opsin λmax Filter λmax Filter λ50% Recep. λmax
LWS cone548nm  548nm
Double cone MWS527nm  527nm
Rod508nm  508nm
SWS2a cone447nm  447nm


Opponent processes:
Description (+) Terminus (-) Terminus Mode
Luminance (photopic)
LWS cone
Double cone MWS
  Photopic
Luminance (scotopic)
Rod   Scotopic
Single cones-Double
585nm - 543nm - 499nm
 
LWS cone Double cone MWS Photopic
Green-Blue
541nm - 491nm - 443nm
 
LWS cone
Double cone MWS
SWS2a cone Photopic

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Notes and References:

Jokela-Määttä M., Smura T., Aaltonen A., Ala-Laurila P. (2006) Visual pigments of Baltic Sea fishes of marine and limnic origin. Visual Neuroscience 2007, 24:389-398. doi:10.10170S0952523807070459

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

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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