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The ontogeny of ultraviolet photosensitivity in rainbow trout (Salmo gairdneri)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 June 2009

Craig W. Hawryshyn ,
Margaret G. Arnold ,
Duane J. Chaisson  and
Patricia C. Martin
Craig W. Hawryshyn
Affiliation:
Departments of Psychology and Biology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Margaret G. Arnold
Affiliation:
Departments of Psychology and Biology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Duane J. Chaisson
Affiliation:
Departments of Psychology and Biology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Patricia C. Martin
Affiliation:
Departments of Psychology and Biology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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Abstract

The present study examines the changes in ultraviolet (UV) photosensitivity that occur during the growth of rainbow trout (Salmo gairdneri). A comparison of the ocular media transmission of small (n = 3) and large (n = 3) trout eyes did not reveal large changes in the transmission of UV radiation through the eye. We used the heart-rate conditioning technique to measure spectral sensitivity in immobilized trout. Four trout, each weighing less than 30 g, exhibited a UV-sensitivity peak at 360 nm while four additional trout weighing more than 60 g each exhibited no evidence of UV sensitivity. Spectral-sensitivity measurements of two trout weighing 44 g and 60 g revealed UV sensitivity, but when measured one month later (after a 25% increase in body weight) both fish exhibited no UV-sensitivity peak. At this time their sensitivity appeared to conform to the known blue-sensitive cone mechanism.

Keywords

Ultraviolet sensitivityOntogenySalmo gairdneriFish visionCone mosaic
Type
Research Article
Information
Visual Neuroscience , Volume 2 , Issue 3 , March 1989 , pp. 247 - 254
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1989

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