Visual pigments and the photic environment: The cottoid fish of Lake Baikal

Bowmaker, James K.; Govardovskii, V. I.; Shukolyukov, S.A.; Zueva, L. V.; Hunt, David M.; Сиделева, В. Г.; Smirnova, Olga

doi:10.1016/0042-6989(94)90015-9

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“…The intensity and spectral quality of light changes with depth, and, in optically clear waters, blue light travels the furthest (Jerlov 1976). Since deeper waters are devoid of red light, with the exception of biologically produced red light, which is made available by a very limited number of fish species (Widder et al 1984), visual pigments of deep-sea fishes have a wide absorption spectrum and, as a result, capture light from a broad emission range (Bowmaker et al 1994). Below depths where sunlight can penetrate, bioluminescence is the only source of illumination.…”

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Behavioral responses of two deep-sea fish species to red, far-red, and white light

Raymond¹,

Widder²

2007

Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser.

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The relatively unobtrusive deep-sea camera system Eye-in-the-Sea (EITS) was deployed in Monterey Bay Canyon, California, USA, to assess the relative photosensitivity of 2 deepsea fishes, Coryphaenoides acrolepis and Anoplopoma fimbria. Previous studies addressing the in situ response of deep-sea fishes to red and white light were done in the presence of ROV-induced stimuli. Here, we report on the behavioral response of C. acrolepis and A. fimbria in a vehicle-free environment when subjected to white (full visible spectrum), red (685 nm), and far-red (695 nm) illumination in situ. Under far-red light conditions, A. fimbria spent significantly more time in the fieldof-view and demonstrated an increase in entrances/exits when compared to the situation under red-light and white-light conditions. No significant difference in the average time C. acrolepis spent in the field-of-view was found between any of the test wavelengths; however, the entrances-to-exits ratio for C. acrolepis decreased during white-light conditions. While A. fimbria often displayed a flight response at the onset of white and sometimes red (685 nm) illumination, C. acrolepis did not demonstrate a similar behavioral response when exposed to light within its range of visual sensitivity. A. fimbria undergo a dramatic ontogenic shift in depth, inhabiting well-lit, near-shore waters as juveniles and moving into deeper waters as adults. It is thought that C. acrolepis spend part of their early life history in the light-limited mesopelagic, below the permanent thermocline, and move into deeper waters as they mature. Based on the results of the present study, we hypothesize that systematic differences in the phototactic responses of deep-sea fishes are a function of life history as well as spectral sensitivity. KEY WORDS: Deep sea · Red light · Fish behaviorResale or republication not permitted without written consent of the publisher OPEN PEN ACCESS CCESS

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Behavioral responses of two deep-sea fish species to red, far-red, and white light

Raymond¹,

Widder²

2007

Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser.

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“…For example, sensitivity of the visual system to different wavelengths of light is expected to evolve to match roughly the availability of wavelengths [3,4], increasing ability to catch photons and detect contrast between objects and background [5][6][7]. However, few studies have tested the adaptive significance of spectral sensitivity across the whole visual spectrum.…”

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“…First, the advantages of photon capture and contrast should result in spectral sensitivity evolving roughly to correspond with wavelength availability [3,4]. We measure this correspondence (matching) with the correlation across wavelengths between spectral sensitivity and two measures of light availability: irradiance ( photons of each wavelength available at a specific water depth) and transmission (indicating the absorption of specific wavelengths by water).…”

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Rapid adaptive evolution of colour vision in the threespine stickleback radiation

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Vision is a sensory modality of fundamental importance for many animals, aiding in foraging, detection of predators and mate choice. Adaptation to local ambient light conditions is thought to be commonplace, and a match between spectral sensitivity and light spectrum is predicted. We use opsin gene expression to test for local adaptation and matching of spectral sensitivity in multiple independent lake populations of threespine stickleback populations derived since the last ice age from an ancestral marine form. We show that sensitivity across the visual spectrum is shifted repeatedly towards longer wavelengths in freshwater compared with the ancestral marine form. Laboratory rearing suggests that this shift is largely genetically based. Using a new metric, we found that the magnitude of shift in spectral sensitivity in each population corresponds strongly to the transition in the availability of different wavelengths of light between the marine and lake environments. We also found evidence of local adaptation by sympatric benthic and limnetic ecotypes to different light environments within lakes. Our findings indicate rapid parallel evolution of the visual system to altered light conditions. The changes have not, however, yielded a close matching of spectrum-wide sensitivity to wavelength availability, for reasons we discuss.

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“…The coding sequences for SWS2 opsins have been obtained for only a few species, and spectral tuning studies are limited to the pigment in the newt (Cynops pyrrhogaster; Takahashi and Ebrey 2003) and those in the species flock of cottoid fish in Lake Baikal (Bowmaker et al 1994;Cowing et al 2002b). The newt pigment with a l max at 474 nm is red shifted compared to pigments in other species, and a comparison of the amino acid sequence of the newt opsin with that of the bullfrog (Rana catesbeiana) with a l max at 430 nm (Hisatomi et al 1999) identified seven candidate amino acid differences for the spectral shift.…”

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confidence: 99%