# Vimba vimba > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Vimba_vimba > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Vimba_vimba.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vimba_vimba > Source revision: 1355306303 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Species of fish}} {{Speciesbox | image = Vimba vimba.jpg | status = LC| status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Freyhof, J. |author-link=Jörg Freyhof|date=2024 |title=''Vimba vimba'' |article-number=e.T254508616A135094309 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2024-2.RLTS.T254508616A135094309.en |access-date=11 May 2025}} | taxon = Vimba vimba | display_parents = 3 | authority = ([Linnaeus](/source/Carl_Linnaeus), [1758](/source/10th_edition_of_Systema_Naturae)) | synonyms = {{Specieslist | Cyprinus vimba | Linnaeus, 1758 | Abramis vimba | (Linnaeus 1758) | Cyprinus zerta | [Leske](/source/Nathanael_Gottfried_Leske), 1774 | Cyprinus vimpa | [Strøm](/source/Hans_Str%C3%B8m), 1784 | Cyprinus serta | [Shaw](/source/George_Shaw_(biologist)), 1804 | Cyprinus carinatus | [Pallas](/source/Peter_Simon_Pallas), 1814 | Abramis frivaldszkyi | [Heckel](/source/Johann_Jakob_Heckel), 1843 | Leuciscus parvulus | Valenciennes, 1844 | Abramis elongatus | [Valenciennes](/source/Achille_Valenciennes), 1844 | Abramis nordmannii | [Dybowski](/source/Benedykt_Dybowski), 1862: | Abramis elongatus var. asianus | [Steindachner](/source/Franz_Steindachner), 1897 | Vimba vimba bergi | [Velikokhatko](/source/F._D._Velikokhatko), 1940 }} | synonyms_ref = }} '''''Vimba vimba''''', called also the '''vimba bream''',{{FishBase|Vimba|vimba}} '''vimba''', '''zanthe''', or '''zarte''', is a species of [ray-finned fish](/source/Actinopterygii) belonging to the [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) [Leuciscidae](/source/Leuciscidae), the [dace](/source/dace)s, [Eurasian minnows](/source/Phoxinus) and related species. This species is found in Europe and Western Asia, where it largely lives in brackish water but makes an annual migration up-river each year to breed. ==Taxonomy== ''Vimba vimba'' was first formally [described](/source/Species_description) as ''Cyprinus vimba'' is the [10th edition of ''Systema Naturae''](/source/10th_edition_of_Systema_Naturae), published in 1758 by [Carl Linnaeus](/source/Carl_Linnaeus), with its [type locality](/source/Type_locality_(biology)) given as the "Lakes of Sweden".{{Cof genus|genus=Vimba|access-date=28 April 2025}} This species is now classified in the genus ''[Vimba](/source/Vimba)'', which was proposed as a genus by the Austrian [zoologist](/source/zoologist) [Leopold Fitzinger](/source/Leopold_Fitzinger) in 1873, with this species being the [type species](/source/type_species) by absolute [tautonymy](/source/Tautonym). It is classified within the [subfamily](/source/subfamily) [Leuciscinae](/source/Leuciscinae) in the Family [Leuciscidae](/source/Leuciscidae).{{Cof family|family=Leuciscinae|access-date=28 April 2025}} ==Etymology== ''Vimba vimba'' is the type species of the genus ''Vimba'', a name which Fitzinger used [tautonymously](/source/Tautonym) for this species and that is thought to be derived from the Swedish [vernacular name](/source/vernacular_name) for this fish, ''vimma''.{{cite web |url=https://etyfish.org/leuciscinae/ |title=Family LEUCISCIDAE: Subfamily LEUCISCINAE Bonaparte 1835 (European Minnows)|author=Christopher Scharpf |date=8 April 2024 |access-date=28 April 2025 |work=The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database |publisher=Christopher Scharpf}} ==Description== ''Vimba vimba'' was at one time classified as a [bream](/source/Common_bream) as it also has a long anal fin, but has now been placed in a different genus. Its body is not as deep as that of the bream. It also resembles the [asp](/source/asp_(fish)), but its mouth is small and behind the snout, whereas the asp has a large mouth with the lower jaw protruding. This species grows to about {{convert|25|to|45|cm}}, with a weight of up to {{convert|2|kg}}. The scales are small, and there are about sixty of them along the [lateral line](/source/lateral_line). This fish is a deep bluish-green on the dorsal surface, and silvery along the flanks. The eyes are yellow, and the pectoral and pelvic fins have reddish-yellow bases. The colouring becomes more vivid in the breeding season, and males may have the [operculum](/source/Operculum_(fish)), base of the fins and the belly turn orange.{{cite web |url=http://www.luontoportti.com/suomi/en/kalat/vimba |title=Vimba: ''Vimba vimba'' |publisher=NatureGate |access-date=14 December 2013}} thumb|The vimba bream has a long anal fin. thumb|The vimba bream has a typical head form similar to the nase. ==Distribution and habitat== ''Vimba vimba'' Is found in Europe and Western Asia in the drainage basins of the [North Sea](/source/North_Sea), [Baltic Sea](/source/Baltic_Sea), [Black Sea](/source/Black_Sea), [Sea of Marmara](/source/Sea_of_Marmara), [Aegean Sea](/source/Aegean_Sea) and [Caspian Sea](/source/Caspian_Sea). In the North Sea drainage, it is native to rivers between the [Elbe](/source/Elbe) and [Ems](/source/Ems_(river)). It has been introduced into the [Rhine](/source/Rhine). In the Baltic Sea, it is absent from Denmark, northern Sweden and northern Finland. In the Black Sea, it has been extirpated from [Crimea](/source/Crimea), and is not found between the [Melet River](/source/Melet_River) in [Ordu Province](/source/Ordu_Province), Turkey and southern Georgia. In [Anatolia](/source/Anatolia), it also occurs in rivers draining into the Aegean and Turkish Mediterranean. It has also been introduced into the lower [Volga](/source/Volga). This species is found in the brackish waters of estuaries, as well as in the lower and middle reaches of rivers and in some larger subalpine lakes. A portion of the population is non-migratory and is permanently resident in rivers. ==Behaviour== ''Vimba vimba'' move in small shoals along the sea coast, feeding on [invertebrate](/source/invertebrate)s which they pick from the seabed, and the eggs of other fish. They leave the sea in May or June, swimming upriver to spawn in fast-moving tributaries with stony or gravelly bases and little vegetation. The males prepare several areas of riverbed on which the females deposit batches of eggs. ==References== {{Commons category|Vimba vimba}} {{Reflist}} {{Taxonbar|from=Q247370}} {{Authority control}} Category:Vimba Category:Fish described in 1758 Category:Animal taxa named by Carl Linnaeus Category:Freshwater fish of Europe Category:Fish of Europe Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Vimba vimba](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vimba_vimba) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vimba_vimba?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.