vimba

{{Short description|Genus of fishes}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Vimba vimba.jpg

| image_caption = Vimba vimba

| taxon = Vimba

| authority = Fitzinger, 1873

| type_species = Cyprinus vimba

| type_species_authority = Linnaeus, 1758

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision =

| synonyms = 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.{{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}}