Blue-spotted maskray (Dasyatis kuhlii)

Containing taxa: Animalia » Chordata » Chondrichthyes » Elasmobranchii » Batoidea

Photoreceptors:
Receptor Opsin λmax Filter λmax Filter λ50% Recep. λmax
Yellow cone552nm  552nm
Green cone498nm  498nm
Rod497nm  497nm
Blue cone476nm  476nm


Opponent processes:
Description (+) Terminus (-) Terminus Mode
Luminance (photopic)
Yellow cone
Green cone
  Photopic
Luminance (scotopic)
Rod   Scotopic
Yellow-Aqua
573nm - 529nm - 483nm
 
Yellow cone Green cone Photopic
Green-Blue
552nm - 509nm - 463nm
 
Yellow cone
Green cone
Blue cone Photopic

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Notes and References:

Theiss S.M., Lisney T.J., Collin S.P. Hart N.S. (2006) Colour vision and visual ecology of the blue-spotted maskray, Dasyatis kuhlii Mueller & Henle, 1814. J Comp Physiol A (2007) 193:67-79. doi:10.1007/s00359-006-0171-0

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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