Novumbra
{{Short description|Genus of fishes}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| fossil_range = {{fossil range|Early Oligocene|present}}
| image = Three Novumbra hubbsi.jpg
| image_caption = Novumbra hubbsi
| taxon = Novumbra
| authority = L. P. Schultz, 1929
}}
Novumbra is a genus of mudminnows (family Umbridae) native to Oregon and Washington state, USA.{{Catalogue of Life
|id=482C5
|title=Novumbra hubbsi Schultz, 1929
|option=
|access-date=20 March 2021
}} Molecular data suggests that this genus is more closely related to Esox than Dallia and Umbra. Novumbra diverged from Esox roughly 65 million years ago in the Paleocene.{{Cite journal|last=Campbell|first=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|issn=0378-1119|url-access=subscription}}
Species
Two species in this genus are recognized:
- Novumbra hubbsi L. P. Schultz, 1929 (Olympic mudminnow)
- †Novumbra oregonensis Cavender, 1969
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Category:Ray-finned fish genera