Able to live in waters with a wide variation in salinity.

Able to tolerate both fresh and salt water.

Organisms that tolerate a wide range of salinities.

Organisms able to tolerate a wide range of salinity.

able to live at a variety of salinities

Fish that live in a wide range of salinities.

tolerating a wide range of salinities; opposite of stenohaline.

An organism that is capable of living in a wide range of salinity concentrations.

Having a wide tolerance to salinity.

Euryhaline organisms are able to adapt to a wide range of salinities. An example of a euryhaline fish is the molly, Poecilia sp., which can live in fresh, brackish, or salt water. The European shore crab Carcinus maenas is an example of a euryhaline invertebrate that can live in salt and brackish water.