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Reflecting Spheres in the Eyes of Weakfishes (Sciaenidae)

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A REFLECTING layer or tapetum lucidum occurs in the eyes of many fishes; in teleosts, it lies in the pigment epithelium1. The reflecting material is usually considered to be guanine, but in weakfishes or seatrouts (Sciaenidae) it is a lipid2,3. We have been able to characterize the lipid material.

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  1. Department of Botany and Cell Research Institute, University of Texas at Austin,

    H. J. ARNOTT

  2. University of Texas Marine Science Institute, Port Aransas, Texas

    J. A. C. NICOL

  3. High Altitude Laboratory of the National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado

    C. W. QUERFELD

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ARNOTT, H., NICOL, J. & QUERFELD, C. Reflecting Spheres in the Eyes of Weakfishes (Sciaenidae). Nature 233, 130–133 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1038/233130a0

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