Ballerus sapa (Pallas, 1814)

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Ballerus sapa (Pallas, 1814) – Native ( Fig. 237 )

Cyprinus brama minor Forster [J. R.] 1767: 356; Type locality: Volga River, Russia. No types known.

Cyprinus cleveza Pallas [P. S.] (ex Güldenstädt) 1814: 329; Type locality: Solotaja Kossa/Zolotaya Kosa, about 22 km southsouthwest of Taganrog, Rostov Oblast, Russia, Sea of Azov. Syntypes: whereabouts unknown.

Cyprinus sapa Pallas [P. S.] 1814: 328; Type locality: Volga River and tributaries. No types known.

Abramis schreibersii Heckel [J. J.] 1836: 227; Type locality: Danube River, downriver from Vienna and March, Austria. Syntypes: NMW 16584 (1), 79462–63 (1, 1).

Abramis sapa bergi Belyaeff [W. N.] 1929: 87; Type locality: Kura River, southern Caspian Sea, Azerbaijan. Syntypes: (187).

Abramis sapa aralensis Tiapkin [P. M.] 1939: 149; Type locality: Aral Sea, lower part of Amu-Daria, and Syr-Daria River, Kazakalpakstan and Uzbekistan. Syntypes: ZMMU P–3364 (2).

Common name: Pr: Saba, Mahi sim kondpuzeh, En: White-eye bream.

Diagnosis: Naked keel on the belly, deep body, very high number of branched rays in the anal fin, usually 8 branched dorsal fin rays and uniserial pharyngeal teeth.

Meristic characters: D: II–III (III) 7–9 (8), A: III 31–44 (34–38), P: 13–16, V: 7–8, GR: 18–25, LL: 47–54, TV: 45–48.

Distribution: Caspian Sea basins ( Fig. 238). Found in the basins of the Black, Caspian and Aral seas. Reported from Iran by Derzhavin (1934), Berg (1949) and Holčík and Oláh (1992) but not found in recent years, presumably report of this species from Iran is a mis-identification with Abramis brama . Presence of this species in Iran needs confirmation.

Taxonomy: Berg (1949) placed in Abramis but Bogutskaya and Naseka (2004) transferred in Ballerus .

Conservation: IUCN: Least Concern ( Freyhof and Kottelat 2008g).

Figures

Fig. 237. Ballerus sapa. Photograph from Danube River, Romania (Photographed by V. Otel).