Perch (Perca fluviatilis)

Containing taxa: Animalia » Chordata » Osteichthyes » Actinopterygii » Neopterygii » Teleostei » Euteleostei » Neoteleostei » Acanthomorpha » Acanthopterygii » Percomorpha » Percomorpharia » Perciformes » Percoidei » Percidae

Photoreceptors:
Receptor Opsin λmax Filter λmax Filter λ50% Recep. λmax
Double cone LWS611nm  611nm
Rod539nm  539nm
Rh2 cone534nm  534nm


Opponent processes:
Description (+) Terminus (-) Terminus Mode
Luminance (photopic)
Rh2 cone
Double cone LWS
  Photopic
Luminance (scotopic)
Rod   Scotopic
Double-Single cones
638nm - 581nm - 523nm
 
Double cone LWS Rh2 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

Miller TJ, Crowder LB, Rice JA (1991) Ontogenic Changes in Behavioral and Histological Measures of Visual Acuity in Three Species of Fish. Environmental Biology of Fishes 37:1-8 (1993)

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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