Dusky dottyback (adult) (Pseudochromis fuscus)

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Photoreceptors:
Receptor Opsin λmax Filter λmax Filter λ50% Recep. λmax
Twin cone LWS561nm  561nm
Twin cone Rh2Aα524nm  524nm
Twin cone Rh2Aβ513nm  513nm
Rod498nm  499nm
SWS2Aα cone448nm  460nm
SWS2Aβcone430nm  450nm


Opponent processes:
Description (+) Terminus (-) Terminus Mode
Luminance (photopic)
Twin cone LWS
Twin cone Rh2Aβ
Twin cone Rh2Aα
  Photopic
Luminance (scotopic)
Rod   Scotopic
Yellow-Cyan (double cones)
588nm - 545nm - 499nm
 
Twin cone LWS Twin cone Rh2Aβ
Twin cone Rh2Aα
Photopic
Green1-Green2 (twin cones)
566nm - 526nm - 485nm
 
Twin cone Rh2Aα Twin cone Rh2Aβ Photopic
Green-Blue
535nm - 491nm - 450nm
 
Twin cone LWS
Twin cone Rh2Aβ
Twin cone Rh2Aα
SWS2Aβcone
SWS2Aα cone
Photopic
Blue1-Blue2
488nm - 463nm - 438nm
 
SWS2Aα cone SWS2Aβcone Photopic

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Notes and References:

Cortesi, F., Musilová, Z., Stieb, S. M., Hart, N. S., Siebeck, U. E., Cheney, K. L., Salzburger, W., Marshall, N. J. (2016). From crypsis to mimicry: changes in colour and the configuration of the visual system during ontogenetic habitat transitions in a coral reef fish. Journal of Experimental Biology 219(16), 2545-2558.

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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