Vimba

Vimba is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Leuciscidae, which includes the daces, Eurasian minnows and related fishes. Ths fishes in this gensu are found in Europe and western Asia.

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 are found in brackish waters of estuaries, muddy streams, rivers, ponds, and subalpine lakes.^[2]

Species

Vimbacontains 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)