Common carp (Cyprinus carpio)

Containing taxa: Animalia » Chordata » Osteichthyes » Actinopterygii » Neopterygii » Teleostei » Otocephala » Ostariophysi » Cypriniformes

Photoreceptors:
Receptor Opsin λmax Filter λmax Filter λ50% Recep. λmax
Double cone LWS600nm415,554,523nm440,575,555nm603nm
Double cone MWS532nm415,554,523nm440,575,555nm522nm
Rod500nm  500nm
SWS2 cone458nm  458nm
SWS1 cone377nm  392nm


Opponent processes:
Description (+) Terminus (-) Terminus Mode
Luminance (photopic)
Double cone LWS
Double cone MWS
  Photopic
Luminance (scotopic)
Rod   Scotopic
Red-Green (double cones)
637nm - 583nm - 505nm
 
Double cone LWS Double cone MWS Photopic
Yellow-UV
580nm - 483nm - 396nm
 
Double cone LWS
Double cone MWS
SWS1 cone
SWS2 cone
Photopic
Aqua-UV
471nm - 428nm - 388nm
 
SWS2 cone SWS1 cone Photopic

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Notes and References:

Hawryshyn C.W., Hárosi F.I. (1991) Ultraviolet Photoreception in Carp: Microspectrophotometry and Behaviorally Determined Action Spectra. Vis. Res. Vol. 31(3): 567-576.

De Aguiar M.J.L., Ventura D.F., Filho M.D.S., De Souza J.M., Maciel R., Lee B.B. Response of carp (Cyprinus carpio) horizontal cells to heterochromatic flicker photometry. Visual Neuroscience (2006), 23, 437–440. doi:10.10170S0952523806233273

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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