Stenohaline describes an organism, usually fish, that cannot tolerate a wide fluctuation in the salinity of water. Stenohaline is derived from the words: `steno` meaning narrow, and `haline` meaning salt. Many fresh water fish, such as goldfish (Carassius auratus), tend to be stenohaline and die in environments of high salinity such as the oce...
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pertaining to an aquatic organism that can only withstand a narrow salinity range.
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Descriptive of an organism that is unable to tolerate a range of salinities.
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Lacking a tolerance for a waters of varying salinity. (cf euryhaline)
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stenohaline 1. A reference to organisms that are capable of tolerating only slight variations in salt concentrations, but it also applies to those capable of tolerating only low concentrations. 2. Limited to or able to live only within a narrow range of saltwater concentrations. Primarily a reference aquatic organisms. 3. Able to live only in a m...
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