Ultraviolet-sensitive cones in the goldfish
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J K Bowmaker1, A Thorpe, R H Douglas
1Department of Visual Science, University of London, U.K.
Vision Research
|January 1, 1991
Abstract:
Goldfish have been shown behaviourally to have ultraviolet sensitivity. We have now identified by microspectrophotometry a population of small single cones in the goldfish retina that contain a visual pigment maximally sensitive around 355-360 nm.