# Vimba

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{{Short description|Genus of fishes}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Vimba vimba.jpg
| image_caption = ''[Vimba vimba](/source/Vimba_vimba)''
| taxon = Vimba
| authority = [Fitzinger](/source/Leopold_Fitzinger), 1873<ref name = "Cof family">{{Cof family|family=Leuciscinae||access-date=11 May 2025}}</ref>
| type_species = ''Cyprinus vimba''
| type_species_authority = Linnaeus, 1758<ref name = "Cof family"/>
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision =
| synonyms = ''Leucabramis'' <small>[Smitt](/source/Fredrik_Adam_Smitt), 1895</small>
| synonyms_ref = <ref name = "Cof family"/>
}}

'''''Vimba''''' is a genus of freshwater [ray-finned fishes](/source/Actinopterygii) belonging to the family Leuciscidae, which includes [dace](/source/dace)s, [Eurasian minnows](/source/Phoxinus) and related fishes. The fishes in this genus are found in [Europe](/source/Europe) and western [Asia](/source/Asia).

''Vimba'' are found in brackish waters of estuaries, muddy streams, rivers, ponds, and subalpine lakes.<ref>{{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 }}</ref>

== Species ==
''Vimba'' contains the following species:<ref name = "Cof genus">{{Cof genus|genus=Vimba|access-date=11 May 2025}}</ref> 
* ''[Vimba melanops](/source/Vimba_melanops)'' <small>([Heckel](/source/Johann_Jakob_Heckel), 1837)</small> (Macedonian vimba)
* ''[Vimba mirabilis](/source/Vimba_mirabilis)'' <small>([Ladiges](/source/Werner_Ladiges), 1960)</small> (Menderes vimba)
* ''[Vimba persa](/source/Vimba_persa)'' <small>([Pallas](/source/Peter_Simon_Pallas),1814)</small> (Caspian vimba)
* ''[Vimba tenella](/source/Vimba_tenella)'' <small>([Nordmann](/source/Alexander_von_Nordmann), 1840)</small> 
* ''[Vimba vimba](/source/Vimba_vimba)'' <small>([Linnaeus](/source/Carl_Linnaeus), 1758)</small> (Vimba bream)

== References ==
{{Reflist}}
* {{FishBase genus | genus = Vimba | month = March | year = 2015}}

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