Blacksmith chromis (adult) (Chromis punctipinnis)

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

Photoreceptors:
Receptor Opsin λmax Filter λmax Filter λ50% Recep. λmax
Double cone LWS532nm  532nm
Rod498nm  498nm
Double cone MWS470nm  470nm
SWS1 cone354nm  365nm


Opponent processes:
Description (+) Terminus (-) Terminus Mode
Luminance (photopic)
Double cone LWS
Double cone MWS
  Photopic
Luminance (scotopic)
Rod   Scotopic
Green-Blue (double cones)
547nm - 503nm - 459nm
 
Double cone LWS Double cone MWS Photopic
Aqua-UVA
485nm - 411nm - 365nm
 
Double cone LWS
Double cone MWS
SWS1 cone Photopic

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Notes and References:

McFarland WN, Loew ER (1994) Ultraviolet Visual Pigments in Marine Fishes of the Family Pomacentridae. V&ion Res. 34(11):1393-1396

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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