Umbridae
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.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Esociformes |
| Family: | Umbridae |
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† Boltyshia | |
Studies
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.
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