Retinomotor movements in the Antarctic fish Trematomus newnesi Boulenger submitted to different environmental light conditions

• Main Authors: Donatti,Lucélia, Fanta,Edith
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Zoologia 2007
• Subjects: Photic variation; photoreceptors; retina; Antarctic; The Antarctic; The Cones; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0101-81752007000200025

The Antarctic fish Trematomus newnesi (Boulenger, 1902) occurs from benthic to pelagic habitats, in seasonally and daily varied photic conditions that induce retinomotor movements. Fish were experimentally kept under constant darkness or light, and 12Light/12Dark for seven days. The retinomotor move...