cranial endothermy

cranial endothermy
maintenance of elevated temperatures of the eyes and brain in fishes that move from warm to cold water on migrations. This condition is thought to stabilise vision, e.g. in lamnid sharks, billfishes, mackerel and tunas

Dictionary of ichthyology. 2009.

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