Intracellular recording from single and double cone cells isolated from the fish retina (Tinca tinca)

Intracellular recording were obtained from isolated single and double cone cells of the tench retina. Photoresponses show features characteristic of other species and behave linearly with very dim illumination. The cells spectral sensitivity matches their pigment absorption spectrum measured by previous authors. The principal and accessory members of double cones show a maximal sensitivity peak at about 644 and 547 nm, respectively. In addition, each of the two action spectra shows a secondary inflection at the peak wavelength of the adjacent member, suggesting functional coupling between the two members of double cones.