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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Otomorpha
Subcohors: Ostariophysi
Sectio: Otophysa
Ordo: Cypriniformes
Superfamilia: Cyprinoidea

Familia: Cyprinidae
Subfamilia: Leuciscinae
Genus: Vimba
Species: V. elongata – V. melanops – V. vimba
Vernacular names
eesti: Vimb
Vimba is a genus of cyprinid fish that is found in Europe and western Asia. There are currently four described species.
Species

Vimba elongata (Valenciennes, 1844) (Bavarian vimba)
Vimba melanops (Heckel, 1837) (Macedonian vimba)
Vimba mirabilis (Ladiges, 1960) (Menderes vimba)
Vimba vimba (Linnaeus, 1758) (Vimba bream)

References

Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). Species of Vimba in FishBase. March 2015 version.

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