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mud·min·now

 (mŭd′mĭn′ō)
n.
Any of various small fishes of the family Umbridae, living in muddy streams, ponds, and wetlands in the Northern Hemishere and often used as bait.
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The total number of native freshwater fishes of the Chehalis fauna, including anadromous and secondary freshwater lineages, includes 3 lampreys, 2 sturgeons, 11 salmonids, 2 smelts, 1 mudminnow, 5 minnows, 2 suckers, 1 stickleback, and 7 sculpins (McPhail and Lindsey 1986, Mongillo and Hallock 1997).
2017: Phylogeography and population genetics of the European mudminnow (Umbra krameri) with a time-calibrated phylogeny for the family Umbridae.
Induction of nuclear abnormalities (micronuclei) in the peripheral blood erythrocytes of the eastern mudminnow Umbra pygmaea by ethyl methanesulphonate.
Only three species, Black Bullhead (Ameiurus melas), Central Mudminnow (Umbra limi), and Green Sunfish (Lepomis cyanellus), were collected from more than three of the seven locations sampled.
Derived from the Fin of the Central Mudminnow (Umbra limi): Suitable Characteristics for Clastogenicity Assay.
Nonsalmonids present in the streams include sculpin (Cottus spp.), central mudminnow (Umbra limi), dace (Rhinichthys spp.), suckers (Catostomus spp.), burbot (Lota lota), and lamprey (Ichthyomyzon and Lampetra spp., and Petromyzon marinus).
Induction of nuclear anomalies (micronuclei) in the peripheral blood erythrocytes of the eastern mudminnow Umbra pygmaea by ethyl methanesulphonate.
Gut content analysis of the most common juvenile fish (Bluegill, Pumpkinseed, Warmouth, Central Mudminnow, and Largemouth Bass) revealed that each species has distinct diet preferences.
Genetic indicators of environmental stress in central mudminnow (Umbra limi) populations exposed to acid deposition in the Adirondack Mountains.
Five species (i.e., the yellow bullhead, eastern mudminnow, mud sunfish, bluespotted sunfish, and banded sunfish; respectively, Figures 45, 54, 72, 75, and 76) are somewhat less widely distributed statewide and are apparently better adapted to habitats present in the Coastal Plain.