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It is called an Omega Eye, it is a modification of the shape of the iris that contracts or expands over the centre of the pupil to limit the amount of light entering the eye. It is believed that the pupil of most fish do not expand and contract like human eyes do, so they cannot limit light in this manner. The name is based on the upturned Greek character omega Ω.

This type of eye is also present in rays, so may be a modification for fish whose eyes generally point upward, rather than being on the side of the head and not subject to light from the surface in the same way.

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It is called an Omega Eye, it is a modification of the shape of the iris that contracts or expands over the centre of the pupil to limit the amount of light entering the eye. It is believed that the pupil of most fish do not expand and contract like human eyes do, so they cannot limit light in this manner. The name is based on the upturned Greek character omega Ω.

This type of eye is also present in rays, so may be a modification for fish whose eyes generally point upward, rather than being on the side of the head and not subject to light from the surface in the same way.

This is what I was meaning. =p

Thanks Zev.

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It is believed that the pupil of most fish do not expand and contract like human eyes do, so they cannot limit light in this manner.

In mammals it is the iris that contracts to enlarge the size of the pupil also. The pupil is just a hole... the iris is the muscle.

I found this

The dilated, round pupils of a species of suckermouth armoured catfish (Liposarcus pardalis) constrict slowly on illumination (over 35-40 min) to form crescent-shaped apertures. Ray tracing of He—Ne laser beams shows that the lenses of a related species (Pterygoplichthys etentaculus), which also has a crescent-shaped pupil, are well corrected for longitudinal spherical aberration, suggesting that the primary purpose of the irregular pupil in armoured catfish is not to correct such aberration. It is suggested that the iris operculum may serve to camouflage the pupil of these substrate-dwelling species.

Interesting!

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True about the iris - but they always say the pupil is dilated, not the iris has expanded for some wierd reason :roll:

I had to take some photographs of my Mother's iris when it got damaged after cataract and macular hole surgery, they wanted to match the colour for a patch to be attached to the iris because too much light was getting in and disrupting her vision. The variation of colour and 'texture' is interesting. The patch was not quite correct colour in either, but it does the trick.

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I had to take some photographs of my Mother's iris when it got damaged after cataract and macular hole surgery, they wanted to match the colour for a patch to be attached to the iris because too much light was getting in and disrupting her vision. The variation of colour and 'texture' is interesting. The patch was not quite correct in colour either, but it does the trick.

Amazing what they can do surgically, but it also serves to highlight how absolutely incredible eyes are and irises (irissess? iri? :P) are just fascinating

windows to the soul

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My specialist keeps ranting on about laser surgery for my somewhat dismal eyesight - but despite wearing contact lenses, having someone fiddling around in me eyes with one of those things gives me the willies, needless to say, he has given up on that dialogue, but now he says what they are doing in the States is cataract surgery to correct myopic vision.

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