Vimba
| 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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| Synonyms | |
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Leucabramis Smitt, 1895 | |
Vimba is a genus of cyprinid fish that is found in Europe and western Asia. There are currently four described species.
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; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Vimba". FishBase. March 2015 version.
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