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  2. Sensory systems in fish - Wikipedia

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    Vision is an important sensory system for most species of fish. Fish eyes are similar to those of terrestrial vertebrates like birds and mammals, but have a more spherical lens. Their retinas generally have both rod cells and cone cells (for scotopic and photopic vision), and most species have colour vision.

  3. Vision in fish - Wikipedia

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    Fish retinas generally have both rod cells and cone cells (for scotopic and photopic vision), and most species have colour vision. Some fish can see ultraviolet and some are sensitive to polarised light. Among jawless fishes, the lamprey [1] has well-developed eyes, while the hagfish has only primitive eyespots. [2]

  4. Betta - Wikipedia

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    Oshimia D. S. Jordan, 1919. Pseudobetta Richter, 1981. Betta / ˈbɛtə / is a large genus of small, active, often colorful, freshwater ray-finned fishes, in the gourami family (Osphronemidae). [1] The best known Betta species is B. splendens, commonly known as the Siamese fighting fish and often kept as an aquarium pet.

  5. How a Tiny Betta Fish Helped Me Swim Through a World of Grief

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    Celery was probably a typical pet store Betta fish. She was blue with pink tinged-fins, not as iridescent or full-finned as some of her plastic tanked neighbors, but healthy looking enough.

  6. Siamese fighting fish - Wikipedia

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    The Siamese fighting fish (Betta splendens), commonly known as the betta, [2] is a freshwater fish native to Southeast Asia, namely Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, and Vietnam. [3][4] It is one of 76 species of the genus Betta, but the only one eponymously called "betta", owing to its global popularity as a pet; Betta ...

  7. Nictitating membrane - Wikipedia

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    The nictitating membrane (from Latin nictare, to blink) is a transparent or translucent third eyelid present in some animals that can be drawn across the eye from the medial canthus to protect and moisten it while maintaining vision. All Anura [1] (tailless amphibians), and some reptiles, birds, and sharks have full nictitating membranes; in ...

  8. Cephalopod eye - Wikipedia

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    In vertebrate eyes, the nerve fibers route before the retina, blocking some light and creating a blind spot where the fibers pass through the retina. In cephalopod eyes, the nerve fibers route behind the retina, and do not block light or disrupt the retina. 1 is the retina and 2 the nerve fibers. 3 is the optic nerve. 4 is the vertebrate blind ...

  9. Adipose eyelid - Wikipedia

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    Adipose eyelid. An adipose eyelid is a transparent eyelid found in some species of fish, that covers some or all of the eye. [1][2][3] They are most commonly found on deep sea (benthic) fish, but can also be seen on non-benthic fish.