Bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix)

Containing taxa: Animalia » Chordata » Osteichthyes » Actinopterygii » Neopterygii » Teleostei » Euteleostei » Neoteleostei » Acanthomorpha » Acanthopterygii » Percomorpha » Scombrimorpharia » Scombriformes » Pomatomidae

Photoreceptors:
Receptor Opsin λmax Filter λmax Filter λ50% Recep. λmax
Double cone LWS564nm  564nm
Double cone MWS526nm  526nm
SWS2a cone447nm  449nm
SWS2b cone423nm  431nm


Opponent processes:
Description (+) Terminus (-) Terminus Mode
Luminance (photopic)
Double cone LWS
Double cone MWS
  Photopic
Amber-Teal (double cones)
594nm - 550nm - 504nm
 
Double cone LWS Double cone MWS Photopic
Green-Indigo
543nm - 487nm - 436nm
 
Double cone LWS
Double cone MWS
SWS2b cone
SWS2a cone
Photopic
SWS2a cone - SWS2b cone
478nm - 448nm - 418nm
 
SWS2a cone SWS2b cone Photopic

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Notes and References:

Jordan R.C., Howe D.V. (2007) Photopigment Spectral Absorbance in Four Hudson River Fishes. Journal of Freshwater Ecology 22:1, 155-157. doi:10.1080/02705060.2007.9664157

Horodysky A.Z., Brill R.W., Warrant E.J., Musick J.A., Latour R.J. (2010) Comparative visual function in four piscivorous fishes inhabiting Chesapeake Bay. J. Exp. Biol. 213: 1751-1761

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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