Freshwater
Mudminnow
Umbra krameri
Umbridae
Facts
Characteristics
- Length
- Up to 17 cm
- Body shape
- Streamlined
Care
- Group
- Missing
- Smallest aquarium
- 118 liters
- Diet
- Missing
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Behavior
- Temperament
- Missing
- Swims
- Missing
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Water values
Smallest tank
Range
NativeIntroduced
Lives wild in Austria, Belarus, Croatia, Czechia, Hungary, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, and 3 more countries.
Introduced to Germany and Poland.
More about the species
Description
Adults inhabit small irrigation canals and slowly flowing and stagnant waters with dense vegetation, usually in small ditches, oxbows, backwaters and shallow lakes. Territorial in shallow pools and swamps. They feed on larger crustacean plankton and invertebrate larvae. This species is under threat due to habitat destruction, irrigation works and disappearance of shallow ditches as suitable habitats, restrictions of river inundation, pressure from introduced fish species and chemical pollution.
Other names
Other scientific names
- Aphyra lacustris
- Cyprinodon umbra
- Umbra canina
- Umbra krameri pavlovi
- Umbra lucifuga
In other languages
- Hundefisk
- Ungersk hundfisk, Hundfisk
- Europæisk hundefisk, Hundefisk
- Koirakala
- European Mud-minnow, European mudminnow
Articles
All articles
How to set up a European aquarium5 min read
A coldwater aquarium with European fish and plants, without a heater. The water follows the seasons, and summer heat is the biggest problem.
How to add new fish4 min read
From the store to the tank: how to get the fish used to your water, why you should add only a few at a time, and what to watch for in the first few days.
Quarantine for new fish3 min read
Why new fish should live in a tank of their own for a few weeks before they move in, what you need, and what to look for.
Ich (white spot)4 min read
The most common disease in aquarium fish. How to recognize it, why it shows up, and how to get rid of it.