Neon pygmy goby (Eviota pellucida)

Containing taxa: Animalia » Chordata » Osteichthyes » Actinopterygii » Neopterygii » Teleostei » Euteleostei » Neoteleostei » Acanthomorpha » Acanthopterygii » Percomorpha » Gobiiformes » Gobiidae

Photoreceptors:
Receptor Opsin λmax Filter λmax Filter λ50% Recep. λmax
Twin cone LWS540nm  540nm
Twin cone MWS528nm  528nm
Rod497nm  497nm
SWS2b cone458nm  458nm


Opponent processes:
Description (+) Terminus (-) Terminus Mode
Luminance (photopic)
Twin cone LWS
Twin cone MWS
  Photopic
Luminance (scotopic)
Rod   Scotopic
Yellow-Cyan (double cones)
582nm - 539nm - 496nm
 
Twin cone LWS Twin cone MWS Photopic
Green-Blue
543nm - 497nm - 451nm
 
Twin cone LWS
Twin cone MWS
SWS2b cone Photopic

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Notes and References:

Michiels N.K., Anthes N., Hart N.S., Herler J., Meixner A.J., Schleifenbaum F., Schulte G., Siebeck U.E., Sprenger D., Wucherer M.F. (2008) Red fluorescence in reef fish: A novel signalling mechanism? BMC Ecology (2008) 8:16. doi:10.1186/1472-6785-8-16

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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