Vimba bream
📖 Overview
Inhabits brackish estuaries, large to medium rivers and some large subalpine lakes. Sedentary populations inhabit even in small rivers or barbel zone. Feeds mainly on small molluscs and insect larvae. Breeds in riffles in shallow, fast-flowing streams and rivers on gravel. Semi-anadromous populations forage in freshened parts of sea and migrate for long distances to spawn. Lacustrine populations move to fast-flowing tributaries. Spent adults return to foraging habitats . Threatened from its range due to water obstruction .
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Dorsal spines (total): 3; Dorsal soft rays (total): 8 - 9; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 16 - 22. Diagnosed from its congeners in Europe by the following characters: anal fin with 16-21½ branched rays; back keeled behind dorsal base; in spawning season, males blackish brown with orange cheek and sometimes belly . Caudal fin with 19 soft rays. Scalar formula: 49-64, 6-10 .: fusiform / normal.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Vimba bream is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
Diet information for Vimba bream is currently being compiled.
🥚 Reproduction
Produces 15,000-20,000 eggs at the age of 6-7 years . Spawns for several years. Semi-anadromous populations undertake long distance spawning migrations while lacustrine populations migrate to fast-flowing tributaries. In Dniepr and Kuban, migration starts in September, decreases in winter and resumes in March-May .
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Freshwater; brackish; benthopelagic; anadromous . Subtropical; 10°C - 20°C ; 64°N - 35°N, 12°E - 53°E north to 63°N), North Sea basin from Elbe to Ems drainages.
🌿 Ecology
small molluscs and insect larvae
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
🛡️ Conservation Assessment
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
🌐 Names & Taxonomy
| Language | Common Names |
|---|---|
| 🇬🇧English | Bavarian Vimba · Common Vimba · European vimba · Vimba · Zanthe · Zarte · vimba (bream) · vimba bream |
| 🌍BUL | Морунаш |
| 🌍CES | Podoustev rícní |
| 🇩🇰Danish | Vimme |
| 🇩🇪German | Nase · Nesen · Russnase · Zährte |
| 🌍EST | Vimb |
| 🇫🇮Finnish | Vimpa |
| 🇫🇷French | Brème de la Mer noire · Brème de la Mer noire, Vimbe · Vimbe |
| 🇭🇺Hungarian | Szilvaorrú keszeg |
| 🌍ISL | Strandslabbi |
| 🌍LIT | žiobris |
| 🇳🇱Dutch | Blauwneus |
| 🌍NOB | vimme |
| 🇵🇱Polish | Certa |
| 🇵🇹Portuguese | Vimba vimba |
| 🌍RON | Lostie · Morunas · Râbet · Scobar de Dunare · Suduc · Tiganca · scobar · vimba |
| 🇷🇺Russian | Рыбец обыкновенный · рыбец · сырть |
| 🌍SLK | nosáľ sťahovavý |
| 🌍SLV | Ogrica |
| 🇪🇸Spanish | Brema Vimva |
| 🌍SRP | Plavonos buborak · Носара |
| 🇸🇪Swedish | Vimma |
| 🌍TUR | Egrez baligi · Eğrez balığı · Kara balik · egrez · kavinme baligi · kavinne balığı |
| 🌍UKR | Рибець звичайний |
| 🇨🇳Chinese | 文鯿 |
🔍 Similar Species
🗺️ Global Occurrence Map
Occurrence records from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) — 35 records indexed .
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