White-eye bream

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

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.

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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 . Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. "Synonyms of Ballerus sapa (Pallas, 1814)". Fishbase . Retrieved 12 November 2017.


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