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{{Short description|Genus of fishes}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Three Novumbra hubbsi.jpg
| image_caption = ''[[Novumbra hubbsi]]''
| taxon = Novumbra
| authority = [[Leonard Peter Schultz|L. P. Schultz]], 1929
}}
'''''Novumbra''''' is a genus of '''mudminnows''' (family [[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]]'' than ''[[Dallia]]'' and ''[[Umbra (fish)|Umbra]]''. ''Novumbra'' diverged from ''Esox'' roughly 65 million years ago in the [[Paleocene]].<ref>{{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}}</ref>
== Species ==
Two species in this genus are recognized:
*''[[Novumbra hubbsi]]''  <small>[[Leonard Peter Schultz|L. P. Schultz]], 1929 </small> (Olympic mudminnow)
*†''[[Novumbra oregonensis]]'' <small>[[Cavender]], 1969</small>
==References==
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[[Category:Umbridae]]
[[Category:Ray-finned fish genera]]
[[Category:Taxa named by Leonard Peter Schultz]]
[[Category:Fish genera with one living species]]