Umbra pygmaea (DeKay, 1842)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Rank
SPECIES: Published in
De Kay, J. E. (1842). Zoology of New-York; or the New-York fauna; comprising detailed descriptions of all the animals hitherto observed within the state of New-York, with brief notices of those occasionally found near its borders. Natural History of New York. Part 4. Fishes: 1-415, Fishes Pls. 1-79.

Classification

kingdom
Animalia: phylum
Chordata: order
Esociformes: family
Umbridae: genus
Umbra: species
Umbra pygmaea

Name

Synonyms: Fundulus fuscus Ayres, 1843; Leuciscus pygmaeus DeKay, 1842; Melanura annulata Agassiz, 1853; Umbra limi pygmaea (DeKay, 1842); Umbra pygmae (DeKay, 1842); Umbra pygmaea bilineata Shufeldt, 1917; Umbra pygmea (DeKay, 1842)
Homonyms: Umbra pygmaea (DeKay, 1842)
Common names: Amerikaanse hondsvis in Dutch; Amerikaanse hondsvis in Dutch; Amerikaanse hondsvis in Dutch; Amerikaanse hondsvis in Dutch; Amerikaanse hondsvis in Dutch; Amerikanischer Hundsfisch in German; Amerikanischer Hundsfisch in German; Amerikanischer Hundsfisch in German; Amerikanischer Hundsfisch in German; Amerikanischer Hundsfisch in German; Eastern mudminnow in English; Eastern mudminnow in English; Eastern mudminnow in English; Hondsvis in Dutch; Kleiner Hundsfisch in German; L'Umbre pygmée in French; Lille hundefisk in Danish; Lille hundefisk in Danish; Mud minnow in English; Muławka wschodnioamerykańska in Polish; Ostamerikanischer Hundsfisch in German; Petit poisson chien in French; Petit poisson chien in French; Pikkukoitakala in Finnish; Pikkukoitakala in Finnish; Tiganus in Romanian; Umbre pygmée in French; Umbre pygmée in French; Umbre pygmée, Poisson chien in French; amerikaanse hondsvis in Dutch; blatňák menší in Czech; dvärghundfisk in Swedish; eastern mudminnow in English; eastern mudminnow in English; eastern mudminnow in English; eastern mudminnow in English; eastern mudminnow, striped mudminnow in English; kääbus-koerkala in Estonian; lille hundefisk in language.; lille hundefisk in language.; liten hundefisk in Norwegian Bokmål; mud-minnow in French; mud-minnow in English; mud-minnow in French; mud-minnow in English; pikkukoirakala in Finnish; poisson-chien americain in French; poisson-chien americain in French; Карликовая евдошка in Russian; 矮荫鱼 in language.

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