# Novumbra

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{{Short description|Genus of fishes}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| fossil_range = {{fossil range|Early Oligocene|present}}
| image = Three Novumbra hubbsi.jpg
| image_caption = ''[Novumbra hubbsi](/source/Novumbra_hubbsi)''
| taxon = Novumbra
| authority = [L. P. Schultz](/source/Leonard_Peter_Schultz), 1929
}}

'''''Novumbra''''' is a genus of '''mudminnows''' (family [Umbridae](/source/Umbridae)) native to Oregon and Washington state, USA.<ref>{{Catalogue of Life 
     |id=482C5
     |title=Novumbra hubbsi Schultz, 1929
     |option=
     |access-date=20 March 2021
}}</ref> Molecular data suggests that this genus is more closely related to ''[Esox](/source/Esox)'' than ''[Dallia](/source/Dallia)'' and ''[Umbra](/source/Umbra_(fish))''. ''Novumbra'' diverged from ''Esox'' roughly 65 million years ago in the [Paleocene](/source/Paleocene).<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Campbell|first1=Matthew A.|last2=López|first2=J. Andrés|last3=Sado|first3=Tetsuya|last4=Miya|first4=Masaki|date=2013-11-01|title=Pike and salmon as sister taxa: Detailed intraclade resolution and divergence time estimation of Esociformes+Salmoniformes based on whole mitochondrial genome sequences|url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378111913009761|journal=Gene|language=en|volume=530|issue=1|pages=57–65|doi=10.1016/j.gene.2013.07.068|pmid=23954876 |issn=0378-1119|url-access=subscription}}</ref>

== Species ==
Two species in this genus are recognized:

*''[Novumbra hubbsi](/source/Novumbra_hubbsi)''  <small>[L. P. Schultz](/source/Leonard_Peter_Schultz), 1929 </small> (Olympic mudminnow)
*†''[Novumbra oregonensis](/source/Novumbra_oregonensis)'' <small>[Cavender](/source/Cavender), 1969</small>

==References==
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Category:Umbridae
Category:Actinopterygii genera
Category:Taxa named by Leonard Peter Schultz
Category:Fish genera with one living species

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