Comparison of visual acuity and visual axis of three flatfish species with different ecotypes

Fisheries Science

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 562-572

  Matsuda, Keishi ^a,c   Torisawa, Shinsuke ^b   Hiraishi, Tomonori ^a   Yamamoto, Katsutaro ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KINKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c JAPAN INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Flatfish; Retina; Visual accommodation; Visual acuity; Visual axis

Indexed keywords

CLEISTHENES HERZENSTEINI; MICROSTOMUS ACHNE; PLEURONECTIFORMES; PLEURONECTOIDEI;

EID: 44849112164     PISSN: 09199268     EISSN: 14442906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1444-2906.2008.01559.x     Document Type: Article

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