Meaning & use
stenohaline
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Able to tolerate only a narrow range of environmental salinity.
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Most freshwater fish are stenohaline and die quickly if moved to seawater.
Coral reef organisms tend to be stenohaline, making them vulnerable to sudden changes in ocean salinity.
A note on using this word
The prefix 'steno-' means narrow, contrasting with 'eury-' (wide) in 'euryhaline,' which describes organisms tolerant of a broad salinity range.
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