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It is well known that fishes have photoreceptor organs other than the lateral eyes. The dominant extraretinal photoreceptor in fish is the pineal organ. The photosensitive function of the pineal organ in fish has been demonstrated in behavioral, morphological and electrophysiological studies (see review: Kavaliers, 1979b, 1980c; Tamura and Hanyu, 1980; Meissl and Dodt, 1981). There is evidence that pineal photoreception is involved in the control of circadian rhythmicity of locomotor activity (Kavaliers, 1979a, b, 1980a, b, c; Garg and Sundararaj, 1986; Tabata, 1986; Tabata et al., 1991), melatonin secretion and NAT activity (Falcon et al., Zachmann et al.; this volume).
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Tabata, M. (1992). Photoreceptor Organs and Circadian Locomotor Activity in Fishes. In: Ali, M.A. (eds) Rhythms in Fishes. NATO ASI Series, vol 236. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-3042-8_16
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