Umbridae

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Umbridae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Esociformes
Family: Umbridae
Genera

Boltyshia
Palaeoesox
Proumbra
Umbra

Umbridae is a family of fish in the order Esociformes, which contains pike, pickerel, and mudminnows. The single living genus, Umbra, occupies weed-choked freshwater habitats in eastern North America and eastern Europe.

Studies[change | change source]

While the family contained the genera Umbra, Novumbra, and Dallia, recent studies have recovered this grouping as paraphyletic, with Novumbra and Dallia being moved to the family Esocidae.