Vimba

{{Short description|Genus of fishes}}

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| image = Vimba vimba.jpg

| image_caption = Vimba vimba

| taxon = Vimba

| authority = Fitzinger, 1873{{Cof family|family=Leuciscinae||access-date=11 May 2025}}

| type_species = Cyprinus vimba

| type_species_authority = Linnaeus, 1758

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision =

| synonyms = Leucabramis Smitt, 1895

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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 genus are found in Europe and western Asia.

Vimba are found in brackish waters of estuaries, muddy streams, rivers, ponds, and subalpine lakes.{{Cite journal |last=Patimar |first=Rahman |last2=Safari |first2=Sajjad |date=2009 |title=Description of the biology of Caspian vimba, Vimba vimba (Linnaeus, 1758), in Gorgan Bay-Miankaleh Wildlife Refuge (southeast Caspian Sea) |url=http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s00343-010-9005-6 |journal=Chinese Journal of Oceanology and Limnology |language=en |volume=28 |issue=6 |pages=1173–1179 |doi=10.1007/s00343-010-9005-6 |issn=0254-4059|url-access=subscription }}

Species

Vimba contains the following species:{{Cof genus|genus=Vimba|access-date=11 May 2025}}

References

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  • {{FishBase genus | genus = Vimba | month = March | year = 2015}}

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