Harlequin tuskfish (Choerodon fasciatus)

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 LWS560nm  560nm
Double cone MWS521nm  523nm
Rod496nm  504nm
SWS2 cone428nm  451nm
SWS1 cone357nm  400nm


Opponent processes:
Description (+) Terminus (-) Terminus Mode
Luminance (photopic)
Double cone LWS
Double cone MWS
  Photopic
Luminance (scotopic)
Rod   Scotopic
Amber-Teal (double cones)
591nm - 549nm - 506nm
 
Double cone LWS Double cone MWS Photopic
Green-Violet
537nm - 482nm - 401nm
 
Double cone LWS
Double cone MWS
SWS1 cone
SWS2 cone
Photopic
Blue-UV
452nm - 421nm - 399nm
 
SWS2 cone SWS1 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

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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