Mudminnow

Eastern Mudminnow
Umbra pygmaea
Generally less than 5 inches long. Abundant in the Pine Barrens. Almost always associated with vegetation and can survive in low oxygen waters.

ESOCIFORMES
pikes, mudminnows
OSMERIFORMES
argentines, deepsea smelts, barreleyes, slickheads, tubeshoulders, leptochilichthyids, salamanderfishes, smelts, ayu fishes, icefishes, New Zealand smelts, galaxiids ...

Umbridae, Mudminnows
Fundulidae, Killifishes
Poeciliidae, Livebearers
Cyprinidae, Minnows
Catostomidae, Suckers
Gasterosteidae, Sticklebacks
Atherinidae, Silversides
Cottidae, Sculpins ...

The carnivorous mudminnows of the family Umbridae, found in the sluggish waters in the Great Lakes region and the Atlantic coastal lowlands, superficially resemble toothed minnows but are more closely related to the pike; ...

See also: Sucker, Minnow, Perch, Pirate perch, Sunfish