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10001	t1	VSPLIT		Receptor,Rod,Cone
10002	t1	RCPMODE		Rod,1
10003	t1	TSPLIT		Cone,LWS cone,SWS cone
10004	t1	OPSIN		LWS cone,530
10005	t1	TSPLIT		SWS cone,MWS cone,SWS1 cone
10006	t1	OPSIN		SWS1 cone,380
10008	t1	TSPLIT		MWS cone,Rh2 cone,SWS2 cone
10009	t1	OPSIN		SWS2 cone,440
106382	t1	DSCOPP		643,SWS2 cone,SWS1 cone,Rod
106383	t1	DISCOPP		10003,Rh2 cone
106384	t1	CONNOPP		10003,+,Rh2 cone
106385	t1	DSCOPP		10005,Rh2 cone
106386	t1	CONNOPP		10008,+,LWS cone
106387	t1	DSCOPP		10008,SWS2 cone
106388	t1	DISCOPP		10008,Rh2 cone
106389	t1	CONNOPP		10008,-,Rh2 cone
106412	t1	NAMEOPP		643,Luminance (photopic)
106413	t1	NAMEOPP		10001,Luminance (scotopic)
106416	t1	DELOPP		106390
106418	t1	CONNdhgOPP	10003,+,LWS cone
106438	t1	NAMEOPP		10003,Yellow-Blue
106439	t1	NAMEOPP		10005,Blue-UV
106440	t1	NAMEOPP		10008,Red-Green
1335409	t1	RCPACU		Cone,2
1335410	t1	RCPACU		Rod,.5
10007	t478	RCPNAME		Rod-like,Rod
106626	t478	GRADLVL		50
1335402	t478	RCPACU		LWS cone,Rh2 cone,5
1335403	t478	RCPACU		SWS2 cone,SWS1 cone,1
1361559	t478	RCPACU		Rod,2
1561559	t478	RCPACU		Rod,2
10109	t2	OPSIN		LWS cone,620
10110	t2	PORPH		LWS cone,Rh2 cone,SWS2 cone,SWS1 cone,Rod,1
10114	t2	OPSIN		Rh2 cone,525
106435	t2	RCPNAME		LWS cone,Double cone LWS
106436	t2	RCPNAME		Rh2 cone,Double cone MWS
106437	t2	OPSIN		Double cone,0
106449	t127	VSPLIT		Double cone LWS,Double cone LWS,LWS cone
106453	t127	VSPLIT		Double cone MWS,Double cone MWS,Rh2 cone
106454	t127	DELOPP		106449,106453
106461	t127	CONNOPP		10003,+,Double cone LWS,Double cone MWS
106462	t127	CRE8OPP		Red-Green (double cones),+Double cone LWS,-Double cone MWS
106468	t127	CRE8OPP		Double-Single cones,+Double cone LWS,+Double cone MWS,-LWS cone,-Rh2 cone
106514	t127	CONNOPP		643,+,Double cone LWS,Double cone MWS
1351575	t443	ACUITY		1
106473	t130	RCPDENS		Double cone LWS,LWS cone,Double cone MWS,Rh2 cone,SWS2 cone,SWS1 cone,Rod,1.1
1351566	t130	ACUITY		2
106476	t158	OPSIN		Double cone LWS,Double cone MWS,SWS2 cone,SWS1 cone,0
3538	s611	OPSIN		LWS cone,607
3539	s611	OPSIN		Rh2 cone,530
3540	s611	OPSIN		Rod,543
3541	s611	SCRPIGR		LWS cone,0,0
3542	s611	SCRPIGR		Rh2 cone,0,0
3543	s611	SCRPIGR		Rod,0,0
5904	s611	PORPH		LWS cone,1
5905	s611	PORPH		Rh2 cone,1
5906	s611	PORPH		Rod,1

Notes and References:

Douglas R., Wagner H.J. (1984) Action Spectrum of Photomechanical Cone Contraction in the Catfish Retina. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 25:534-538

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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Receptor	Opsin λmax	Filter λmax	Filter λ50%	Recep. λmax
LWS cone	607nm			607nm
Rod	543nm			543nm
Rh2 cone	530nm			530nm

Description	(+) Terminus	(-) Terminus	Mode
Luminance (photopic)	LWS cone Rh2 cone		Photopic
Luminance (scotopic)	Rod		Scotopic
Red-Green 637nm - 579nm - 519nm	LWS cone	Rh2 cone	Photopic

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Brown bullhead (Ameiurus nebulosus)

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