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Eastern Mudminnow

Umbra pygmaea

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 138, February 102, March 159, April 251, May 361, June 394, July 422, August 363, September 266, October 199, November 109, December 85.
United States6,458
Alaska2,847
New Jersey753
North Carolina627
Maryland550
Virginia527
New York293
Delaware260
South Carolina249
Pennsylvania175

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • AquaticLives primarily in waterFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassRay-finned Fishes · Actinopterygii
OrderSalmons, pikes and mudminnows · Salmoniformes
FamilyMudminnows · Umbridae
GenusMudminnows · Umbra

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