Dataset: UV-absorbing pigments in eye tissues of fish from the Great Barrier Reef
Description
Ocular tissues from 52 species (19 families) of tropical marine fish were examined for levels of UV-absorbing pigments in the spectral region 300-380 nm.
Specimens of mackerels, tuna and marlin were caught by surface trolling in Bowling Green and Upstart Bays; all other fish were caught by hand-line or spearfishing at Grub, Hunt and Marion Reefs. The eyes were removed and frozen immediately at -20°C. Lens ocular tissues were excised from defrosted samples, crushed and extracts formed by steeping in 5ml methanol. Visible-u.v. absorption spectra from these extracts were recorded. Solid protein biomass was determined from the solid tissue residues. Mycosporine-like amino acids (Asterina-330, palythene, palythine and palythinol) were separated and quantified (nmol/mg protein) using reverse-phase isocratic high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC).
The efficiency of methanol extraction
General Information
- Australian Institute of Marine Science
- Create Date: 24/06/2017
- Update Date: 10/10/2017
- Landing Page: https://data.gov.au/dataset/5933d64e-55f2-4403-a2f4-b0a745060882
- Keywords:
- Acanthuridae
- Acanthurus glaucopareius (White Cheek Surgeonfish)
- Acanthurus olivaceous (Orange Spot Surgeonfish)
- Animals/Vertebrates
- Aprion virescens (Green Job-fish)
- Arothron stellatus (Starry Toadfish)
- Asterina-330
- Biological Classification
- Caesio cuning (Red-bellied Fusilier)
- Caesonidae
- Carangidae
- Caranx ignobilis (Lowly Trevally)
- Carcharhinidae
- Carcharhinus amblyrhyncos (Grey Reef Shark)
- Carcharhinus melanopterus (Black-tip Shark)
- Cephalopholis miniatus (Coral Cod)
- Chaetodon flavirostris (Yellow-faced Butterfly-fis
- Chaetodontidae
- Cheilinus diagrammus (Violet-lined Maori Wrasse)
- Cheilinus fasciatus (Scarlet-breasted Maori Wrasse
- Choerodon fasciatus (Harlequin Tuskfish)
- Choerodon venustus (Venus Tuskfish)
- Diodontidae
- Epinephelus fasciatus (Black-tipped Cod)
- Epinephelus fuscoguttatus (Flowery Cod)
- Epinephelus merra (Honeycomb Cod)
- Epinephelus summana (Speckle-finned Cod)
- Euthynnus affinis (Mackerel Tuna)
- Fish
- Fish , Sharks/Rays/Chimaeras
- Gymnocranius bitorquatus (Iodine Bream)
- Hemigymnus melapterus (Black-eyed Thick lip Wrasse
- Istiophoridae
- Labridae
- Lethrinidae
- Lethrinus chrysostomus (Red-throated Sweetlip)
- Lethrinus miniatus (Long-nosed Emperor)
- Lethrinus nebulosus (Spangled Emperor)
- Lethrinus variegatus (Variegated Emperor)
- Lutjanidae
- Lutjanus bohar (Red Bass)
- Lutjanus carponotatus (Stripey Sea-perch)
- Lutjanus russelli (Moses Perch)
- Lutjanus sebae (Red Emperor)
- Lutjanus vitta (Striped Sea-perch)
- Makaira indica (Black Marlin)
- Mycosporine like amino acids (MAA)
- Naso unicornis (Brown Unicorn Fish)
- Nemipteridae
- Palythene
- Palythine
- Palythinol
- Platacidae
- Platax orbicularis (Narrow-banded Batfish)
- Plectropomus leopardus (Brown Coral Trout)
- Plectropomus leopardus (Red Coral Trout)
- Pomacanthidae
- Pomacanthus semicirculatus (Blue Angelfish)
- Pomacanthus sextriatus (Six-banded Angelfish)
- Priacanthidae
- Priacanthus macracanthus (Red Bullseye)
- Pygoplites diacanthus (Blue-banded Angelfish)
- Scaridae
- Scarus frenatus (Six-banded Parrotfish)
- Scarus ghobban (Blue-barred Orange Parrotfish)
- Scarus sordidus (Green-finned Parrotfish)
- Scolopsis bilineatus (Two-lined Monocle Bream)
- Scomberomorus commerson (Narrow-barred Spanish Mac
- Scomberomorus queenslandicus (School Mackerel)
- Scombridae
- Serranidae
- Siganidae
- Siganus doliatus (Barred Spinefoot)
- Siganus vulpinus (Foxface)
- Sphyraena barracuda (Barracuda)
- Sphyraenidae
- Symphorus nematophorus (Chinaman Fish)
- Triaenodon obesus (White-tip Reef Shark)
- Zebrasoma scopas (Brown Sailfin-tang)
- Zebrasoma veliferum (Purple Sailfin-tang)
Distributions