Vimba is a genus of cyprinid fish that is found in Europe and western Asia. There are currently four described species.
| Vimba | |
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| Vimba vimba | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Subfamily: | Leuciscinae |
| Genus: | Vimba Fitzinger, 1873 |
| Type species | |
| Cyprinus vimba Linnaeus, 1758
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Leucabramis Smitt, 1895 | |
Vimba are found in brackish waters of estuaries, muddy streams, rivers, ponds, and subalpine lakes.[1]
Species edit
- Vimba elongata (Valenciennes, 1844) (Bavarian vimba)
- Vimba melanops (Heckel, 1837) (Macedonian vimba)
- Vimba mirabilis (Ladiges, 1960) (Menderes vimba)
- Vimba vimba (Linnaeus, 1758) (Vimba bream)
References edit
- ^ 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.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). Species of Vimba in FishBase. March 2015 version.
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