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Eastern Mudminnow

Umbra pygmaea

Description:

The eastern mudminnow is a freshwater fish of eastern North America, reaching a length of up to 15 cm. It ranges from New York state south to Florida, and west to Georgia. It is an elongate, stout-bodied fish, brown or yellow-green in color, with dark, narrow, lateral stripes. Insects and their larvae; snails; crustaceans. They are an ambush predator. Spawning occurs in May/June. Males and females gather in slow-moving water (usually overflow pools). The females deposit up to 2,000 eggs onto vegetation, the males fertilize them and they leave. The eggs hatch in about one week.

Habitat:

Slow-moving, shallow waters in lakes, ponds, rivers and streams with muddy or sandy bottoms. Marshes. Abundant aquatic vegetation and high turbidity preferred.

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2 Comments

keithp2012
keithp2012 2 years ago

Hi Chris. Your email doesn’t seem to work, but you have my permission to use my image. If you can please email me at keithp2019 [at] yahoo [dot] com

pwvict16
pwvict16 2 years ago

Hi, Keith
My name is Chris Victoria and I work for the Anne Arundel County (Maryland) Bureau of Watershed Protection and Restoration. We have recently completed an assessment of the freshwater fishes of the County and are producing a fish atlas for our citizens. I am preparing this document now and would like to include your mudminnow image on the cover. We have lots of voucher specimens, but no "action shots" like this. This would be a non-commercial use of your image and you would be fully credited for it in our document. Please email me to discuss this at your earliest convenience. My email is pwvict16 [at] aacounty [dot] org. Thanks and I look forward to hearing from you.
Sincerely,
Chris Victoria

keithp2012
Spotted by
keithp2012

Cold Spring Harbor, New York, United States

Spotted on Aug 22, 2012
Submitted on Aug 22, 2012

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