Distinguish between euryhaline and stenohaline animals.
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Animals that can tolerate wide range of salinity are euryhaline while animals who cannot tolerate rapid changes in salinity are stenohaline. Euryhaline animals are usually present in estuaries and tidal pools. E.g. European green crab and common moly While stenohaline animals include many fresh water fishes e,g, goldfish and many marine fishes such as haddock, these organisms can survive within a tolerable salinity range and are died if salinity is changed.
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❤. EURYHALINE ❤
⭐. Animals are adapted to withstand wide fluctuations of salinity.
Ex: Brackish water fishes (salmon ,Hilsa) withstand with fresh during low tide and saline water during high tide.
⭐. Migrating fishes migrate from sea to fresh water for breeding .
❤. STENOHALINE ❤
⭐. Animals are unable to tolerate fluctuations in salinity .
Ex: Marine fishes die when placed in fresh water fresh water fishes die when placed in sea water.