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Visual acuity of Pacific Saury Cololabis saira for understanding capture process

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To understand the mechanism of the behavioral response in the capture process of how fish recognize fishing gear and then how they can avoid the gear, the visual acuity of Pacific saury Cololabis saira was investigated by histological examination of the retina of individuals in the size range of 75–365 mm fork length (FL). The contour map of cone density distribution shows that the highest cone density is located in the temporal area of the retina, which indicated the visual axis as the forward direction. The visual acuity (VA) depends both on the focal length of the lens and the number of cones in the retina. The lens diameter increased linearly from 1.40 to 4.73 mm with fish growth, while the cone density decreased gradually from 765 to 378 cells/0.01 mm2. Our results show that the visual acuity increases proportionately from 0.057 to 0.140 for individuals ranging in FL from 75 to 365 mm as expressed by the equation VA=0.0065×FL 0.5271 (r 2=0.9624).

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  1. M Abduh Ibnu Hajar

    Present address: Faculty of Marine Science and Fishery, Hasanuddin University, 90245, Makassar, Indonesia

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    M Abduh Ibnu Hajar

  2. Department of Marine Biosciences, Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, 108-8477, Minato, Tokyo, Japan

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Hajar, M.A.I., Inada, H., Hasobe, M. et al. Visual acuity of Pacific Saury Cololabis saira for understanding capture process. Fish Sci 74, 461–468 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1444-2906.2008.01547.x

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