The eyes of suckermouth armoured catfish (Loricariidae, subfamily Hypostomus): Pupil response, lenticular longitudinal spherical aberration and retinal topography

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 205, Issue 22, 2002, Pages 3425-3433

  Douglas, Ron H ^a   Collin, Shaun P ^b,c   Corrigan, Julie ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aberration; Catfish; Iris; Liposarcus pardalis; Pterygoplichthys etentaculus; Pupil; Retina

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATFISH; CYTOLOGY; EYE; HISTOLOGY; LENS; OPTIC NERVE; PHYSIOLOGY; PUPIL; RETINA; RETINA GANGLION CELL;

ANIMALS; CATFISHES; EYE; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; OPTIC NERVE; PUPIL; RETINA; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS;

ANIMALIA; CALLICHTHYS CALLICHTHYS; HYPOSTOMUS; LIPOSARCUS PARDALIS; LORICARIIDAE; OLIGACANTHORHYNCHUS; PTERYGOPLICHTHYS;

EID: 0036860676     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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