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Scanning electron microscopy and microspectrophotometry of the photoreceptors of ictalurid catfishes
Authors:A J Sillman  S J Ronan  E R Loew
Institution:(1) Section of Animal Physiology, University of California, 95616 Davis, CA, USA;(2) Section and Department of Physiology, Veterinary Research Tower, Cornell University, 14853 Ithaca, NY, USA
Abstract:The retinal photoreceptors from larval channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) were studied using single cell, in situ microspectrophotometry. Rods appear at 5 days after hatch; cones are present from day one. The rods contain a visual pigment which absorbs light maximally at 540 nm. The cones contain either a green sensitive visual pigment with peak absorbance at 535 nm or a red sensitive visual pigment with peak absorbance at 608 nm. All pigments are based on vitamin A2. Visual pigment complement does not change with age, as photoreceptors from adultI. punctatus, I. catus andI. melas contain visual pigments virtually identical to those of the larvalI. punctatus. Regardless of age, no visual pigment with peak absorbance in the short wavelength region of the spectrum was ever observed. Scanning electron microscopy of adultI. punctatus retinas showed large rods with long, cylindrical outer segments and smaller cones with short, tapered outer segments. The myoids of both rods and cones are extensable. The rods, embedded in a granular tapetal material, comprise from 50 to 60% of the photoreceptors. Only single cones are present. The data are consistent with the idea that the ictalurid catfishes spend their entire lives in an environment deficient in blue light.
Keywords:Catfish larvae  Visual pigments  Photoreceptors  Microspectrophotometry  Scanning electron microscopy
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