Fish Vision

Since scabbardfish live mostly at 25 to 100 m depths, it appears they lost nothing by spectrally adapting to the light available.

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Published inBioscience Vol. 60; no. 1; p. 88
Main Author Lundmark, Cathy
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford University of California Press 01.01.2010
American Institute of Biological Sciences
Oxford University Press
Subjects
BioBriefs
Biological adaptation
Biological evolution
Chemistry
Evolution
Fish
Genetic aspects
Graduate Students
Kinases
Light
NEWS AND OPINION
Opsins
Organic Chemistry
Physiological aspects
Regeneration
Regeneration (Biology)
Retina
Retinal pigments
Stem cells
Studies
Vertebrates
Visible spectrum
Vision
Visual pigments
Zebrafish
United States
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Summary:Since scabbardfish live mostly at 25 to 100 m depths, it appears they lost nothing by spectrally adapting to the light available.
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ISSN:0006-3568
1525-3244
DOI:10.1525/bio.2010.60.1.18