Cone visual pigments and retinal mosaics in the striped marlin

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1347-1351

  Fritsches, K A ^a   Litherland, L ^a   Thomas, N ^b   Shand, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Billfish; Cone mosaic; Microspectrophotometry; Retinal anatomy; Visual pigment

Indexed keywords

VISION;

ISTIOPHORIDAE; SCOMBERESOX SAURUS SAURUS; TETRAPTURUS; TETRAPTURUS AUDAX;

EID: 2342456999     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1095-8649.2003.00246.x     Document Type: Article

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