Goldeneye cichlid (Nannacara anomala)

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

Photoreceptors:
Receptor Opsin λmax Filter λmax Filter λ50% Recep. λmax
Double cone LWS600nm  600nm
Double cone MWS555nm  555nm
Rod498nm  498nm
SWS2 cone460nm  461nm


Opponent processes:
Description (+) Terminus (-) Terminus Mode
Luminance (photopic)
Double cone LWS
Double cone MWS
  Photopic
Luminance (scotopic)
Rod   Scotopic
Red-Green (double cones)
629nm - 582nm - 533nm
 
Double cone LWS Double cone MWS Photopic
Yellow-Blue
573nm - 513nm - 459nm
 
Double cone LWS
Double cone MWS
SWS2 cone Photopic

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Notes and References:

Ali, M. A., Harosi, F. I., & Wagner, H. J. (1978). Photoreceptors and visual pigments in a cichlid fish, Nannacara anomala. Sensory processes, 2(2), 130-145.

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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