Ballerus sapa (Pallas, 1814)
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
White-eye bream (Ballerus sapa) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae, which includes the daces, minnows and related fishes. This species is indigenous to Europe and Western Asia in the rivers draining into the Black, Azov, Caspian and Aral Seas, although it is invasive elsewhere.
Wikipedia contributors, White-eye bream; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T19:07:57.603627+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Ballerus sapa (Pallas, 1814)
- Name authority
- (Pallas, 1814)
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Cypriniformes
- Family
- Cyprinidae
- Genus
- Ballerus
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: no · Freshwater: yes · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderCypriniformes
- familyCyprinidae Rafinesque, 1815
- subfamilyLeuciscinae Bonaparte, 1835
- genusBallerus Heckel, 1843
- speciesBallerus sapa (Pallas, 1814)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Ballerus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| blue breamBallerus ballerus (Linnaeus, 1758) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Cyprinus cleveza Pallas, 1814 Pallas, 1814 | synonym |
| Cyprinus sapa Pallas, 1814 Pallas, 1814 | synonym |
| Abramis sapa (Pallas, 1814) (Pallas, 1814) | synonym |
| Abramis sapa aralensis Tiapkin, 1939 Tiapkin, 1939 | synonym |
| Abramis sapa bergi Belyaeff, 1929 Belyaeff, 1929 | synonym |
| Cyprinus kleweza Güldenstädt, 1791 Güldenstädt, 1791 | synonym |
| Abramis balleropsis Agassiz, 1835 Agassiz, 1835 | synonym |
| Abramis schreibersii Heckel, 1837 Heckel, 1837 | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1014943 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:KHGX. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.