White-eye bream

White-eye bream (Ballerus sapa) is a fish species of the family Cyprinidae. It is widespread in many large rivers in Europe and Asia in drainages of the Black Sea, Caspian Sea, and Aral Sea. It was introduced to several rivers in northern Russia, the Rhine (in 1995), and the Vistula drainage system where it is invasive, coming from the Black Sea basin through the Dnieper–Bug Canal. Freshwater fish are up to 35 cm long.

White-eye bream
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Leuciscinae
Genus: Ballerus
Species:
B. sapa
Binomial name
Ballerus sapa
Pallas, 1814
The range of the species
Synonyms[2]
  • Cyprinus sapa Pallas, 1814
  • Abramis sapa (Pallas, 1814)
  • Cyprinus kleweza Güldenstädt, 1791
  • Cyprinus cleveza Pallas, 1814
  • Abramis balleropsis Agassiz, 1835
  • Abramis schreibersii Heckel, 1837

References
  1. Freyhof, J.; Kottelat, M. (2008). "Ballerus sapa". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008: e.T135639A4168069. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T135639A4168069.en.
  2. "Synonyms of Ballerus sapa (Pallas, 1814)". Fishbase. Retrieved 12 November 2017.


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