por·phy·rop·sin

(pôr′fə-rŏp′sĭn)

Any of a class of purple, light-sensitive pigments similar to rhodopsin, found in the retinal rods of the eyes of freshwater fishes and certain frogs.

[Greek porphurā, purple dye, purple garment; see purple + opsin.]

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porphyropsin

(ˌpɔːfɪˈrɒpsɪn)

(Biochemistry) a purple pigment occurring in the retina of the eye of certain freshwater fishes

[C20: from Greek porphura purple + -opsis + -in, on the model of rhodopsin]

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The alevin and fry stages take place in freshwater, and the salmon then migrate to the sea and there is ontogenetic remodeling known as smoltification, which entails shifts in the visual pigments from porphyropsin dominant to rhodopsin dominant.

Morphology of the Eyeball, Orbit and Retina of Atlantic Salmon (Salmo Salar) Alevins under Hypoxic Conditions/ Morfologia del Bulbo Ocular, Orbita y Retina de Alevines del Salmon del Atlantico (Salmo salar) bajo Condiciones Hipoxicas

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