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Vimba Bream

Vimba vimba

Classification

Vimba vimba, called also the vimba bream, vimba, zanthe, or zarte, is a species of ray-finned fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae, the daces, Eurasian minnows 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 as Cyprinus vimba is the 10th edition of Systema Naturae, published in 1758 by Carl Linnaeus, with its type locality given as the "Lakes of Sweden".

Distribution

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Netherlands · 217Germany · 48France · 2Belgium · 1