Umbridae
Sign in to saveUmbridae is a family of ray-finned fish in the order Salmoniformes. The single living genus, Umbra, occupies weed-choked freshwater habitats in eastern North America and eastern Europe. While the family traditionally contained the genera Umbra, Novumbra, and Dallia, recent genetic and paleontological research have recovered this grouping as paraphyletic, with Novumbra and Dallia being moved to the family Esocidae.
Species
mudminnows
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderEsociformes
- FamilyUmbridae
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Research
29 papers- An apparent progressive and recurrent evolutionary restriction in tissue expression of a gene, the lactate dehydrogenase-C gene, within a family of bony fish (Salmoniformes: Umbridae).Journal of molecular evolution · 1986
- DNA Transposon Expansion is Associated with Genome Size Increase in Mudminnows.Genome biology and evolution · 2021
- Genetic and morphological variability of the European mudminnow Umbra krameri (Teleostei, Umbridae) in Serbia and in Bosnia and Herzegovina, a basis for future conservation activities.Journal of fish biology · 2015
- Chromosomal characteristics of ribosomal DNA in two extant species of North American mudminnows Umbra pygmaea and U. limi (Euteleostei: Umbridae).Cytogenetic and genome research · 2002
- Origins of variation in muscle cytochrome c oxidase activity within and between fish species.The Journal of experimental biology · 2011
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Umbridae is a family of ray-finned fish in the order Salmoniformes. The single living genus, Umbra, occupies weed-choked freshwater habitats in eastern North America and eastern Europe. While the family traditionally contained the genera Umbra, Novumbra, and Dallia, recent genetic and paleontological research have recovered this grouping as paraphyletic, with Novumbra and Dallia being moved to the family Esocidae.
== Distribution == Umbridae contains three extant species, all within the genus Umbra: Umbra pygmaea, Umbra limi, and Umbra krameri. U. pygmaea can be found across the eastern United States and southeastern Canada. U. limi ranges throughout the Great Lakes region and Mississippi River basin of North America. U. krameri can be found in the Danube and Dniester River basins of Europe. Umbra spp. are most commonly found in the Atlantic coast regions of North America, along the marshy, low-oxygen areas of the Mississippi River, and in similar environments in Europe. All fossil specimens have been recovered from Europe, occupying similar niches to extant species.