Bluestriped fangblenny (Plagiotremus rhinorhynchos)

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

Photoreceptors:
Receptor Opsin λmax Filter λmax Filter λ50% Recep. λmax
DoubleP561nm  561nm
DoubleA520nm  520nm
Rod498nm  498nm
SWS2b cone449nm  455nm


Opponent processes:
Description (+) Terminus (-) Terminus Mode
Luminance (photopic)
DoubleP
DoubleA
  Photopic
Luminance (scotopic)
Rod   Scotopic
Yellow-Teal (double cones)
589nm - 545nm - 500nm
 
DoubleP DoubleA Photopic
Green-Blue
543nm - 497nm - 452nm
 
DoubleP
DoubleA
SWS2b cone Photopic

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Notes and References:

Cheney K.L., Skogh C., Hart N.S., Marshall N.J. (2008) Mimicry, colour forms and spectral sensitivity of the bluestriped fangblenny, Plagiotremus rhinorhynchos. Proc. R. Soc. B 276(1662): 1565-1574 doi:10.1098/rspb.2008.1819

Losey, G. S., McFarland, W. N., Loew, E. E., Zamzow, J. P., Nelson, P. A., Marshall, N. J. Visual Biology of Hawaiian Coral Reef Fishes. I. Ocular Transmission and Visual Pigments (2003) Copeia, 2003(3):433-454

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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