Viviparous blenny (Zoarces viviparus)

Containing taxa: Animalia » Chordata » Osteichthyes » Actinopterygii » Neopterygii » Teleostei » Euteleostei » Neoteleostei » Acanthomorpha » Acanthopterygii » Percomorpha » Percomorpharia » Perciformes » Cottoidei » Zoarcales » Zoarcidae

Photoreceptors:
Receptor Opsin λmax Filter λmax Filter λ50% Recep. λmax
Double cone LWS552nm  552nm
Rod513nm  513nm
SWS2 cone473nm  475nm


Opponent processes:
Description (+) Terminus (-) Terminus Mode
Luminance (photopic)
Double cone LWS   Photopic
Luminance (scotopic)
Rod   Scotopic
Lime-Blue
561nm - 515nm - 468nm
 
Double cone LWS SWS2 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

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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