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Mud-minnow

Umbra pygmaea (DeKay, 1842)

Status not recordedbony fish

The mud-minnow (Umbra pygmaea) is a species in the family Umbridae, order Esociformes.

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Quick facts about the mud-minnow

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the mud-minnow live?

Not recorded

Is the mud-minnow endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the mud-minnow classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderEsociformes
  5. familyUmbridae
  6. genusUmbra
  7. SpeciesUmbra pygmaea (DeKay, 1842)

Synonyms Fundulus fuscus, Leuciscus pygmaeus, Melanura annulata, Umbra limi pygmaea, Umbra pygmae, Umbra pygmaea bilineata, Umbra pygmea

Other names and names in other languages (20)
  • Eastern mudminnowEnglish
  • 矮荫鱼Chinese
  • blatňák menšíCzech
  • lille hundefiskDanish
  • Kleiner HundsfischGerman
  • kääbus-koerkalaEstonian
  • pikkukoirakalaFinnish
  • mud-minnowFrench
  • liten hundefiskNorwegian Bokmål
  • Amerikaanse hondsvisDutch
  • Muławka wschodnioamerykańskaPolish
  • Карликовая евдошкаRussian
  • dvärghundfiskSwedish
  • 矮蔭魚Chinese
  • Amerikanischer HundsfischGerman
  • Ostamerikanischer HundsfischGerman
  • PikkukoitakalaFinnish
  • Petit poisson chienFrench
  • poisson-chien americainFrench
  • Umbre pygméeFrench

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the mud-minnow

Other species in the same genus Umbra.

Mudminnow

Umbra krameri

UmbridaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is the mud-minnow?

The mud-minnow (Umbra pygmaea) belongs to the family Umbridae in the order Esociformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Mud-minnow (Umbra pygmaea). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/umbra-pygmaea

MLA

“Mud-minnow (Umbra pygmaea).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/umbra-pygmaea.

BibTeX
@misc{umbra_pygmaea_2026,
  title = {Mud-minnow (Umbra pygmaea)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/umbra-pygmaea},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}