stagnophilous

English

Etymology

From stagno- +‎ -philous.

Adjective

stagnophilous (not comparable)

1. (biology, of fish) That prefer to live in pools and similar stagnant water
   • 2015 September 23, “Population Genetic Patterns of Threatened European Mudminnow ( Umbra krameri Walbaum, 1792) in a Fragmented Landscape: Implications for Conservation Management”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     This small (up to 100 mm in total length) stagnophilous species [27 ] was widely distributed in the marshy habitats of the Danube drainage basin from Vienna to the delta, and in the lower reaches of Dniestr drainage basin [28 ], prior to river regulation (Fig 1b ).