Vimba

Vimba
Vimba vimba
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
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]
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

1. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Leuciscinae". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 11 May 2025.
2. 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.
3. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & 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.