1. Photochemistry. - Photochemical Efficiency of Chromoproteins: Role of the Molecular Environment. - Photophysical Processes in Visual Pigments. - Monolayer Studies of Visual Pigments. - Marquage par Spin des Membranes de Bâtonnets. - Microspectrophotometry: The Technique and Some of Its Pitfalls. - Linear Dichroism of Rods and Cones. - 2. Electeophysiology. - Microelectrode Study of the Physiology of Neurons in the Fish Retina. - Structural Studies of Functional Pathways in Goldfish Retina. - A Model for the Ganglionic Receptive Field Organisation. - Giant Retinal Ganglion Cells in Dogfish (Mustelus): Electrophysiology of Single On-Centre Units. - Central Projections of the Retina and Vision. - Réponses Visuelles Unitaires Chez la Truite. - Electrophysiological Analysis of Retino-Tectal Synapses in Teleosts. - Retinotectal Specificity in Adult Goldfish. - Cytoarchitecture and Connexions of the Teleostean Optic Tectum. - Electroretinography as a Tool for Studying Fish Vision. - 3. Neurotransmitters. - Methods of Research for Neurotransmitter Substances: General Introduction. - Methods to Investigate the Function of Certain Amino Acids in the CNS. - The Microiontophoretic Approach. - Methods of Study for Biogenic Amines. - High Resolution Radioautography of Noradrenergic Axon Terminals in the Neocortex. - Chemical Neurotransmission in the Retina of the Teleost Eugerres Plumieri. - The Retina as a Model of the Brain. - 4. Optical and Mechanical Aspects. - The Structure and Phylogeny of Iridescent Corneas in Fishes. - The Iridescent Cornea of the Sand Goby Pomatoschistus minutus (Pallas). - Refractive State Accommodation and Resolving Power of the Fish Eye. - Accommodative Mechanisms in Aquatic Vertebrates. - Tapeta Lucida and the Organisation of Visual Cells in Teleosts. - TheoreticalConsiderations about Tapeta Lucida. - Retinomotor Responses. - Approaches to the Study of Contractility in the Rods and Cones. - Distribution and Development of Retinomotor Responses. - Horizontal Eye Movements in Fish. - 5. Comparative and Developmental Aspects. - Development of the Optic Tectum in Brown Trout. - Genetic Paths Leading to Blindness in Astyanax Mexicanus. - The Eyes of Larval Fish. - Extraretinal Photosensitivity in Fish Larvae. - Retinal Growth in Adult Goldfish. - A Unique Lactate Dehydrogenase Isozyme in the Teleost Retina. - Landolt's Club in Some Primitive Fishes. - Visual Pigments: Phylogeny and Ecology. - Comparative Analysis of the Patterns of Receptor and Horizontal Cells in Teleost Fishes. - Duplex Vision in the Elasmobranchs: Histological Electrophysiological and Psychophysical Evidence. - 6. Environmental Aspects. - Assessing the Fitness of Visual Pigments for Their Photic Environments. - Visual Pigments and the Environment. - Studies on the Eyes of Fishes: Structure and Ultrastructure. - Retinal Specialisations for Aquatic Vision: Theory and Facts. - Problems of Seeing Colours under water. - Rhodopsin Porphyropsin Changes in Paired-Pigment Fishes. - Some Problems of Deep-Sea Fish Eyes. - Prospects in the Study of Interrelationships between Vision and Bioluminescence. - The Role of the Pseudobranch and Choroid Rete Mirabile in Fish Vision. - Quantitative Changes of Synaptic Ribbons in the Cone Pedicles of Nannacara: Light Dependent or Governed by a Circadian Rhythm?. - 7. Behavioural Aspects. - Psychophysical Methods for Investigations of Vision in Fishes. - Behavioural Studies of Vision in a Fish and Possible Relationships to the Environment. - Do Fish Have an Absolute Sense of Light Intensity. - Behavioural Studies of the Discrimination of Visual Orientation andMotion by the Goldfish. - A Behavioural Test of Rod-Red Cone Convergence in the Goldfish Retina. - The Area of the Stimulus Eliciting Response as a Factor in Mirror Image Reversal. - 8. Applied Aspects. - Fish Vision and Applied Research. - Ophthalmic Diseases of Fishes. - Contributors and Participants. - Author Index. Language: English