Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Parvphylum Osteichthyes > Gigaclass Actinopterygii > Subclass Neopterygii > Class Teleostei > Order Cypriniformes > Family Cyprinidae > Subfamily Leuciscinae > Genus Vimba

Vimba vimba (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Vimba*	Fitzinger, 1873	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Cyprinus vimba*	Linnaeus, 1758	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: blauwneus sources: Spikmans, F.; Kranenbarg, J.; Veenvliet, P.; van Emmerik, W.; Roos, M.; Kouwets, F.; Verreycken, H.; de Ruiter, R.; Buijse, T. (2019). Standaardlijst namen zoetwatervissen van Nederland en Vlaanderen anno 2019. RAVON. 72(1): 8-12.

English: vimba bream sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

German: Rußnase; Zährte sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Lithuanian: žiobris sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Polish: certa sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Romanian: lostie; scobar; vimba sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Russian: рыбец; Рыбец обыкновенный; сырть sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points;A.Boltachev & E. Karpova, IBSS NAS Ukraine

Slovenian: ogrica sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Swedish: vimma sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Turkish: egrez; kavinme baligi; kavinne balığı sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Рибець звичайний

Literature

additional source	Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).
ecology source	Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. Scientific Data. 10(1).

Genbank

External Links

FishBase images (Vimba vimba, Romania, by Otel, V.)

Citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Vimba vimba (Linnaeus, 1758). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:283150

Dr. Jorg Freyhof. Vimba vimba (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/b237fb62-60d6-47e5-a33e-5e36c91185d6