Aerial Vision: Unique Adaptation in an Intertidal Fish
- 1 May 1970
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 168 (3931) , 586-588
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.168.3931.586
Abstract
Mnierpes macrocephalus, a clinid fish of rocky shores of the eastern tropical Pacific, makes frequent terrestrial sojourns. The normal fish eye is myopic in air because of curvature of the cornea. This is overcome in Mnierpes by the presence of two flattened corneal surfaces.Keywords
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