Shortfin molly (raised in darkness) (Poecilia mexicana)

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
Twin cone P572nm  572nm
DoubleP572,532nm  548nm
Twin cone A532nm  532nm
Rod504nm  504nm
DoubleA456nm  456nm
SWS2a cone404nm  404nm
SWS1 cone374nm  375nm


Opponent processes:
Description (+) Terminus (-) Terminus Mode
Luminance (photopic)
DoubleP
DoubleA
Twin cone P
Twin cone A
  Photopic
Luminance (scotopic)
Rod   Scotopic
Orange-Teal (twin cones)
601nm - 555nm - 510nm
 
Twin cone P Twin cone A Photopic
Lime-Blue (double cones)
553nm - 500nm - 452nm
 
DoubleP DoubleA Photopic
Green-UVA
544nm - 442nm - 383nm
 
DoubleP
DoubleA
Twin cone P
Twin cone A
SWS1 cone
SWS2a cone
Photopic
Indigo-UV
426nm - 397nm - 366nm
 
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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