Shanny (Lipophrys pholis)

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

Photoreceptors:
Receptor Opsin λmax Filter λmax Filter λ50% Recep. λmax
DoubleP570nm  570nm
LWS cone535nm  535nm
Rod515nm  515nm
DoubleA500nm  500nm


Opponent processes:
Description (+) Terminus (-) Terminus Mode
Luminance (photopic)
LWS cone
DoubleP
DoubleA
  Photopic
Luminance (scotopic)
Rod   Scotopic
Double-Single cones
618nm - 587nm - 545nm
 
DoubleP
DoubleA
LWS cone Photopic
Yellow-Aqua (double cones)
584nm - 537nm - 489nm
 
DoubleP DoubleA Photopic

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Notes and References:

Loew ER, Lythgoe JN (1977) The Ecology of Cone Pigments in Teleost Fishes. Vision Research 18:715-722

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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