Coral reefs are one of the most species rich and colourful habitats on earth and for many
coral reef teleosts, vision is central to their survival and reproduction. The diversity of reef fish …

The deep-sea is the largest and one of the dimmest habitats on earth. In this extreme
environment, every photon counts and may make the difference between life and death for its …

The mesopelagic zone of the deep-sea (200-1000 m) is characterised by exponentially
diminishing levels of downwelling sunlight and by the predominance of bioluminescence …

The distinct behaviours of animals and the varied habitats in which animals live place different
requirements on their visual systems. A trade-off exists between resolution and sensitivity, …

Many fishes, both freshwater or marine, have colour vision that may outperform humans. As
a result, to understand the behavioural tasks that vision enables; including mate choice, …

Vertebrate vision is accomplished through light-sensitive photopigments consisting of an
opsin protein bound to a chromophore. In dim light, vertebrates generally rely on a single rod …

Vision plays a major role in the life of most teleosts, and is assumingly well adapted to each
species ecology and behaviour. Using a multidisciplinary approach, we scrutinised several …

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 …

… Retinal transcriptomes were filtered, and de novo assembled following the protocol described
in de Busserolles et al. (2017). Briefly, raw-reads of transcriptomes were uploaded to the …

Ecological and behavioural constraints play a major role in shaping the visual system of
different organisms. In the mesopelagic zone of the deep- sea, between 200 and 1000 m, very …