Vimba vimba

Vimba vimba
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Cyprinidae
Subfamily:	Leuciscinae
Genus:	Vimba
Species:	V. vimba
Binomial name
	Vimba vimba; (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
	Cyprinus vimba Linnaeus, 1758; Abramis vimba (Linnaeus, 1758); Cyprinus zerta Leske, 1774; Cyprinus vimpa Strøm, 1784; Cyprinus serta Shaw, 1804; Cyprinus carinatus Pallas, 1814; Cyprinus persa Pallas, 1814; Abramis tenellus Nordmann, 1840; Abramis frivaldszkyi Heckel, 1843; Leuciscus parvulus Valenciennes, 1844; Abramis nordmannii Dybowski, 1862;

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.

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