Pastel-green wrasse (Halichoeres chloropterus)

Containing taxa: Animalia » Chordata » Osteichthyes » Actinopterygii » Neopterygii » Teleostei » Euteleostei » Neoteleostei » Acanthomorpha » Acanthopterygii » Percomorpha » Percomorpharia » Labriformes » Labridae

Photoreceptors:
Receptor Opsin λmax Filter λmax Filter λ50% Recep. λmax
Double cone LWS559nm  559nm
Double cone MWS521nm  521nm
Rod496nm  496nm
SWS2 cone433nm  445nm


Opponent processes:
Description (+) Terminus (-) Terminus Mode
Luminance (photopic)
Double cone LWS
Double cone MWS
  Photopic
Luminance (scotopic)
Rod   Scotopic
Yellow-Teal (double cones)
588nm - 545nm - 500nm
 
Double cone LWS Double cone MWS Photopic
Green-Blue
538nm - 487nm - 444nm
 
Double cone LWS
Double cone MWS
SWS2 cone Photopic

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Notes and References:

Phillips G., Carleton K., Marshall N.J. (2015) Multiple Genetic Mechanisms Contribute to Visual Sensitivity Variation in the Labridae Mol. Biol. Evol. Advance Access publication October 12, 2015. doi:10.1093/molbev/msv213

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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