Grouped, stacked rods and tapeta lucida in the retina of Japanese anchovy Engraulis japonicus

Fisheries Science

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 804-810

  Awaiwanont, Kamonpan ^a,c   Gunarso, Wisnu ^b   Sameshima, Munefumi ^a   Hayashi, Seiichi ^a   Kawamura, Gunzo ^a  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b BOGOR AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

^c Marine Fisheries Division   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Dim light; Grouped and stacked rods; Japanese anchovy; Retina; Retinal tapetum

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039890241     PISSN: 09199268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1444-2906.2001.00326.x     Document Type: Article

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