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 Ballerus

Ballerus ballerus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Cyprinus Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Ballerus*	Heckel, 1843	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Abramis ballerus*	(Linnaeus, 1758)	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: brasemblei 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: blue bream sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

German: Pleinzen; Schwabe; Schwopen; Schwuppe; Spitzer; Spitzpleinzen; Swoop; Zoop; Zope sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

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

Polish: leszcz siny; rozpiór; siniec sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Russian: синец sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Синець; Синець 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

Citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Ballerus ballerus (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:279859

Dr. Jorg Freyhof. Ballerus ballerus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/4f07e867-bbd0-4523-86f5-82ad921c38c7