| Vimba | |
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| Vimba vimba | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Leuciscidae |
| Subfamily: | Leuciscinae |
| Genus: | Vimba Fitzinger, 18731 |
| Type species | |
| Cyprinus vimba Linnaeus, 17581
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| Synonyms1 | |
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Leucabramis Smitt, 1895 | |
Vimba is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Leuciscidae, which includes daces, Eurasian minnows and related fishes. The fishes in this genus are found in Europe and western Asia.
Vimba are found in brackish waters of estuaries, muddy streams, rivers, ponds, and subalpine lakes.2
Species
Vimba contains the following species:3
- Vimba melanops (Heckel, 1837) (Macedonian vimba)
- Vimba mirabilis (Ladiges, 1960) (Menderes vimba)
- Vimba persa (Pallas,1814) (Caspian vimba)
- Vimba tenella (Nordmann, 1840)
- Vimba vimba (Linnaeus, 1758) (Vimba bream)
References
References
- Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Leuciscinae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 11 May 2025.
- Patimar, Rahman; Safari, Sajjad (2009). "Description of the biology of Caspian vimba, Vimba vimba (Linnaeus, 1758), in Gorgan Bay-Miankaleh Wildlife Refuge (southeast Caspian Sea)". Chinese Journal of Oceanology and Limnology. 28 (6): 1173–1179. doi:10.1007/s00343-010-9005-6. ISSN 0254-4059.
- Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Vimba". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 11 May 2025.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Vimba". FishBase. March 2015 version.