Lingcod (Ophiodon elongatus)

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Photoreceptors:
Receptor Opsin λmax Filter λmax Filter λ50% Recep. λmax
LWS cone562nm  562nm
Rh2 cone513nm  513nm
Rod500nm  500nm
SWS2 cone403nm  403nm
SWS1 cone359nm  364nm


Opponent processes:
Description (+) Terminus (-) Terminus Mode
Luminance (photopic)
LWS cone
Rh2 cone
  Photopic
Luminance (scotopic)
Rod   Scotopic
Yellow-Cyan
585nm - 540nm - 495nm
 
LWS cone Rh2 cone Photopic
Green-UV
530nm - 447nm - 369nm
 
LWS cone
Rh2 cone
SWS1 cone
SWS2 cone
Photopic
Violet-UV
418nm - 389nm - 359nm
 
SWS2 cone SWS1 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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