Dragon fish see using chlorophyll

R. H. Douglas (), J. C. Partridge, K. Dulai, D. Hunt, C. W. Mullineaux, A. Y. Tauber and P. H. Hynninen
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R. H. Douglas: Applied Vision Research Centre, City University
J. C. Partridge: School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol
K. Dulai: Institute of Ophthalmology, University of London
D. Hunt: Institute of Ophthalmology, University of London
C. W. Mullineaux: University College London
A. Y. Tauber: University of Helsinki
P. H. Hynninen: University of Helsinki

Nature, 1998, vol. 393, issue 6684, 423-424

Abstract: Abstract Most deep-sea fish have visual pigments that are most sensitive to wavelengths around 460-490 nm, the intensity maxima of both conventional blue bioluminescence and dim residual sunlight1. The predatory deep-sea dragon fish Malacosteus niger, the closely related Aristostomias sp. and Pachystomias microdon can, in addition to blue bioluminescence, also emit far-red light from suborbital photophores2, which is invisible to other deep-sea animals. Whereas Aristostomias sp. enhances its long-wavelength sensitivity using visual pigments that are unusually red sensitive3, we now report that M. niger attains the same result using a derivative of chlorophyll as a photosensitizer.

Date: 1998
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