Pacific herring (Clupea pallasi)

Containing taxa: Animalia » Chordata » Osteichthyes » Actinopterygii » Neopterygii » Teleostei » Otocephala » Clupeiformes

Photoreceptors:
Receptor Opsin λmax Filter λmax Filter λ50% Recep. λmax
LWS cone584nm  584nm
Double cone MWS522nm  522nm
Rh2 cone500nm  500nm
Rod500nm  500nm
SWS2 cone480nm  480nm


Opponent processes:
Description (+) Terminus (-) Terminus Mode
Luminance (photopic)
LWS cone
Rh2 cone
Double cone MWS
  Photopic
Luminance (scotopic)
Rod   Scotopic
Single cones-Double
610nm - 570nm - 528nm
 
LWS cone
Rh2 cone
Double cone MWS Photopic
Amber-Cyan
593nm - 542nm - 491nm
 
LWS cone Rh2 cone Photopic
Green-Blue
557nm - 514nm - 467nm
 
LWS cone
Rh2 cone
Double cone MWS
SWS2 cone Photopic

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Notes and References:

Britt L.L., Loew E.R., McFarland W.N. (2001) VISUAL PIGMENTS IN THE EARLY LIFE STAGES OF PACIFIC NORTHWEST MARINE FISHES Journal of Experimental Biology 204, 2581-2587 (2001)

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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