Vimba
Genus of fishes
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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 | |
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| Vimba vimba | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Leuciscidae |
| Subfamily: | Leuciscinae |
| Genus: | Vimba Fitzinger, 1873[1] |
| Type species | |
| Cyprinus vimba Linnaeus, 1758[1] | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Leucabramis Smitt, 1895 | |
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)
