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The Visual Pigments of Some Deep-Sea Elasmobranchs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

E. J. Denton  and
T. I. Shaw
E. J. Denton
Affiliation:
The Plymouth Laboratory
T. I. Shaw
Affiliation:
The Plymouth Laboratory
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The retinae of three species of deep-sea shark, Centrophorus squamosus, Centroscymnus coelolepis and Deania calcea, have been studied. All had goldencoloured photosensitive pigments, similar to those of deep-sea teleosts. The absorption maxima for the unbleached pigments lay between 472 and 484 m/n. The retina of the hake (Merluccius merluccius) was studied for comparison; its retinal pigment absorbed maximally at 495-5 mix. Some observations on the retinae of the moray eel (Muraena helena) and the Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) are also described.

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Research Article
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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 43 , Issue 1 , February 1963 , pp. 65 - 70
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1963

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