Red Irish lord (Hemilepidotus hemilepidotus)

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Photoreceptors:
Receptor Opsin λmax Filter λmax Filter λ50% Recep. λmax
Double cone LWS568nm  568nm
Rod499nm  499nm
Double cone MWS482,498,485,477nm  485nm
SWS1 cone408nm  408nm


Opponent processes:
Description (+) Terminus (-) Terminus Mode
Luminance (photopic)
Double cone LWS
Double cone MWS
  Photopic
Luminance (scotopic)
Rod   Scotopic
Yellow-Aqua (double cones)
577nm - 526nm - 476nm
 
Double cone LWS Double cone MWS Photopic
Green-Violet
502nm - 455nm - 407nm
 
Double cone LWS
Double cone MWS
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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