# @usfws on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DbBNpFWDter
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/68062744-usfws-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/beb524507a.jpg
- **Posted:** 2026-07-20T15:00:55.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (@usfws) — https://gondola.cc/usfws

## Caption

Meet Washington State's only freshwater endemic fish: the Olympic Mudminnow! Despite being found nowhere else in the world, many questions about this quintessential Washingtonian species remain unanswered! 🐟

On our latest "Fish of the Week!" podcast episode, you'll get to know the habits, preferences, and close relatives of this #nativefish. Ecologist Lauren Kuehne is our guest. Get to know #AllTheFish by catching a new episode every Monday wherever you get your podcasts 🎧

 📷 Olympic mudminnow from a blackwater marsh on the Olympic Peninsula. Photo courtesy of Lawrence Kent

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## Tags

allthefish, nativefish

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