Desert pupfish (Cyprinodon macularius)

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Photoreceptors:
Receptor Opsin λmax Filter λmax Filter λ50% Recep. λmax
Double cone LWS570nm  570nm
Rod510nm  510nm
Double cone MWS475nm  475nm
SWS2 cone430nm  430nm
SWS1 cone360nm  365nm


Opponent processes:
Description (+) Terminus (-) Terminus Mode
Luminance (photopic)
Double cone LWS
Double cone MWS
  Photopic
Luminance (scotopic)
Rod   Scotopic
Yellow-Aqua (double cones)
574nm - 520nm - 470nm
 
Double cone LWS Double cone MWS Photopic
Green-UVA
501nm - 451nm - 366nm
 
Double cone LWS
Double cone MWS
SWS1 cone
SWS2 cone
Photopic
Indigo-UV
435nm - 398nm - 363nm
 
SWS2 cone SWS1 cone Photopic

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Notes and References:

A UV cone is extrapolated for this species, based on the presence of a UV cone in all Cyprinodontiformes known from more recent studies.

Lythgoe J.N., Partridge J.C. (1989) Visual Pigments and the Acquisition of Visual Information. J. exp. Biol. 146: 1-20

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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