Physiological Adaptations and Behavioral Responses of Janitor Fish (Ancistrus sp. orange) to Warming Temperature

Abstract

Generally, fishes like Pterygoplichthys spp. fishes are ectothermic, meaning their body temperature relatively detects with the surrounding environmental temperature that result to their increased metabolic rates. Their characteristics in a warming temperature [25] may be less severe in fishes; the peculiar characteristics of Pterygoplichthys spp. make them an