One of the most common visual adaptations seen in the mesopelagic zone (200–1000 m), where the amount of light diminishes exponentially with depth and where bioluminescent organisms predominate, is the enlargement of the eye and pupil area. However, it remains unclear how eye size is influenced by depth, other environmental conditions and phylogeny. In this study, we determine the factors influencing variability in eye size and assess whether this variability is explained by ecological differences in habitat and lifestyle within a family of mesopelagic fishes characterized by broad intra- and interspecific variance in depth range and luminous patterns. We focus our study on the lanternfish family (Myctophidae) and hypothesise that lanternfi...
Variation in lighting environments creates different demands of visual systems for the successful de...
<p>(A) <i>Myctophum brachygnathum</i>,(B) <i>Nannobrachium phyllisae</i>. Scale bar, 10 mm.</p
Although living beyond the penetration limits of sunlight, many deep-sea teleosts possess large eyes...
One of the most common visual adaptations seen in the mesopelagic zone (200-1000 m), where the amoun...
<div><p>One of the most common visual adaptations seen in the mesopelagic zone (200–1000 m), where t...
The mesopelagic zone of the deep-sea (200-1000 m) is characterised by exponentially diminishing leve...
The mesopelagic zone of the deep-sea (200-1000 m) is characterised by exponentially diminishing leve...
The mesopelagic zone of the deep-sea (200-1000 m) is characterised by exponentially diminishing leve...
Deep-sea fishes possess several adaptations to facilitate vision where light detection is pushed to ...
Deep-sea fishes possess several adaptations to facilitate vision where light detection is pushed to ...
The sensitivity hypothesis seeks to explain the correlation between the wavelength of visual pigment...
Deep-sea fishes possess several adaptations to facilitate vision where light detection is pushed to ...
Lanternfishes (Myctophidae) are one of the most species-rich families of mid-water fishes. They inha...
Abstract Background Ambient light levels are often considered to drive the evolution of eye form and...
The morphological characteristics of the eyes and the retinae of lanternfish larvae of Lampanyctus c...
Variation in lighting environments creates different demands of visual systems for the successful de...
<p>(A) <i>Myctophum brachygnathum</i>,(B) <i>Nannobrachium phyllisae</i>. Scale bar, 10 mm.</p
Although living beyond the penetration limits of sunlight, many deep-sea teleosts possess large eyes...
One of the most common visual adaptations seen in the mesopelagic zone (200-1000 m), where the amoun...
<div><p>One of the most common visual adaptations seen in the mesopelagic zone (200–1000 m), where t...
The mesopelagic zone of the deep-sea (200-1000 m) is characterised by exponentially diminishing leve...
The mesopelagic zone of the deep-sea (200-1000 m) is characterised by exponentially diminishing leve...
The mesopelagic zone of the deep-sea (200-1000 m) is characterised by exponentially diminishing leve...
Deep-sea fishes possess several adaptations to facilitate vision where light detection is pushed to ...
Deep-sea fishes possess several adaptations to facilitate vision where light detection is pushed to ...
The sensitivity hypothesis seeks to explain the correlation between the wavelength of visual pigment...
Deep-sea fishes possess several adaptations to facilitate vision where light detection is pushed to ...
Lanternfishes (Myctophidae) are one of the most species-rich families of mid-water fishes. They inha...
Abstract Background Ambient light levels are often considered to drive the evolution of eye form and...
The morphological characteristics of the eyes and the retinae of lanternfish larvae of Lampanyctus c...
Variation in lighting environments creates different demands of visual systems for the successful de...
<p>(A) <i>Myctophum brachygnathum</i>,(B) <i>Nannobrachium phyllisae</i>. Scale bar, 10 mm.</p
Although living beyond the penetration limits of sunlight, many deep-sea teleosts possess large eyes...