Eastern mudminnow

Eastern mudminnow

Taxobox
name = Eastern mudminnow



regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Esociformes
familia = Umbridae
genus = "Umbra"
species = "U. pygmaea"
binomial = "Umbra pygmaea"
binomial_authority = DeKay, 1842

The eastern mudminnow, "Umbra pygmaea", is a freshwater fish of eastern North America, reaching a length of up to 15 cm. It ranges from New York state south to Florida, and west to Georgia. It is an elongate, stout-bodied fish, brown or yellow-green in color, with dark, narrow, lateral stripes. It is generally found in still or slow-moving waters, often in dense vegetation. It feeds primarily on insect larvae and other small aquatic invertebrates.

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