American flagfish (Jordanella floridae)

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

Photoreceptors:
Receptor Opsin λmax Filter λmax Filter λ50% Recep. λmax
DoubleP625nm  625nm
Twin cone P625,545nm  569nm
DoubleA545nm  545nm
Twin cone A525nm  525nm
Rod525nm  525nm


Opponent processes:
Description (+) Terminus (-) Terminus Mode
Luminance (photopic)
DoubleP
DoubleA
Twin cone P
Twin cone A
  Photopic
Luminance (scotopic)
Rod   Scotopic
Red-Green (double cones)
650nm - 589nm - 533nm
 
DoubleP DoubleA Photopic
Amber-Teal (double cones)
632nm - 569nm - 513nm
 
Twin cone P Twin cone A Photopic

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Notes and References:

This species might also possess blue and UV cones, but neither type was given in the cite. This entry should be regarded as incomplete.

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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