Amazon molly (Poecilia formosa)

Containing taxa: Animalia » Chordata » Osteichthyes » Actinopterygii » Neopterygii » Teleostei » Euteleostei » Neoteleostei » Acanthomorpha » Acanthopterygii » Percomorpha » Carangimorpharia » Ovalentariae » Cyprinodontiformes » Poeciliidae

Photoreceptors:
Receptor Opsin λmax Filter λmax Filter λ50% Recep. λmax
DoubleP560,529,599nm  555nm
Rod504nm  504nm
DoubleA463nm  463nm
SWS2a cone404nm  404nm
SWS1 cone352nm  360nm


Opponent processes:
Description (+) Terminus (-) Terminus Mode
Luminance (photopic)
DoubleP
DoubleA
  Photopic
Luminance (scotopic)
Rod   Scotopic
Lime-Blue (double cones)
562nm - 508nm - 458nm
 
DoubleP DoubleA Photopic
Aqua-UVA
479nm - 432nm - 363nm
 
DoubleP
DoubleA
SWS1 cone
SWS2a cone
Photopic
Violet-UV
415nm - 386nm - 356nm
 
SWS2a cone SWS1 cone Photopic

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Notes and References:

Koerner K.E., SCHLUPP I., PLATH M., LOEW E.R. (2006) Spectral sensitivity of mollies: comparing surface- and cave-dwelling Atlantic mollies, Poecilia mexicana Journal of Fish Biology 69:54-65 doi:10.1111/j.1095-8649.2006.01056.x

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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