''Vimba'' is a genus of
cyprinid
Cyprinidae is a family of freshwater fish commonly called the carp or minnow family. It includes the carps, the true minnows, and relatives like the barbs and barbels. Cyprinidae is the largest and most diverse fish family and the largest ve ...
fish that is found in
Europe
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and western
Asia
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. There are currently four described species.
Species
* ''
Vimba elongata''
(Valenciennes
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It lies on the Scheldt () river. Although the city and region experienced a ...
, 1844) (Bavarian vimba)
* ''
Vimba melanops''
( Heckel, 1837) (Macedonian vimba)
* ''
Vimba mirabilis''
(Ladiges, 1960) (Menderes vimba)
* ''
Vimba vimba
''Vimba vimba'', called also the vimba bream, vimba, zanthe, or zarte, is a European fish species in the family Cyprinidae. It largely lives in the sea but makes an annual migration up-river each year to breed.
Description
The vimba bream was at ...
''
(Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (; 23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné Blunt (2004), p. 171. (), was a Swedish botanist, zoologist, taxonomist, and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, t ...
, 1758) (Vimba bream)
References
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Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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