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Evolutionary Adaptations of Fishes to the Photic Environment

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The Visual System in Vertebrates

Part of the book series: Handbook of Sensory Physiology ((1536,volume 7 / 5))

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This chapter is concerned mainly with the evolutionary adaptation of visual systems in bony fishes living in aquatic environments. Some of the ideas, however, may be more'generally applicable, both to other aquatic animals and to terrestrial vertebrates. Adaptations in all parts of the visual apparatus could be considered here. We shall concentrate on retinal mechanisms, especially on the receptors themselves. For more general reviews, see Walls (1942), Rochon-Duvigneaud (1943), Prince (1956), and Rodieck (1973). Among more primitive fishes, a good deal is known about cyclostomes, and this has been recently reviewed by Crescitelli (1972) and Bridges (1972). Much less is known about the vision of elasmobranchs; this was also discussed by Crescitelli (1972).

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Munz, F., McFarland, W. (1977). Evolutionary Adaptations of Fishes to the Photic Environment. In: Crescitelli, F. (eds) The Visual System in Vertebrates. Handbook of Sensory Physiology, vol 7 / 5. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-66468-7_4

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