Fishionary

A blog about fish words!

By Abigail Lynch

A blog about fish words!

Poikilotherm

Posted by abby on June 5, 2015

Poikilothermic fish have no control over their body temperature and their core body temperature can fluctuate broadly.  While some ectothermic stenotherms thermoregulate their body temperature by inhabiting constant temperature environments, internal temperature of poikilotherms can widely vary.

Thoughout their lives, Steelhead's internal temperature varies considerably (NPS).

Thoughout their lives, Steelhead’s internal temperature varies considerably (NPS).

 

Posted in: P | Tagged: poikilotherm, poikilothermic, stenotherm, temperature, thermoregulation

Copyright © 2021 Fishionary.

Theme by themehall.com.