ballerus, Cyprinus Linnaeus [C.] 1758:326 [Systema Naturae, Ed. X v. 1; ref. 2787] Lakes of Sweden. No types known. Neotype designated by Fricke 1999:21 [ref. 24101], but withdrawn in Fricke 2000:639 [ref. 24537]. Spelled balerus by Bloch & Schneider 1801:437 [ref. 471]. •Valid as Abramis ballerus (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Berg 1949:785 [ref. 20661], Lelek 1987:136 [ref. 22962], Mitrofanov et al. 1988:172 [ref. 37734], Kottelat 1997:42 [ref. 22952], Reshetnikov et al. 1997:734 [ref. 24702], Bogutskaya 1998:54 [ref. 23589], Fricke 1999:20 [ref. 24101], Bogutskaya et al. 2001:43 [ref. 26178], Hanel 2003:52 [ref. 27894], Vassilev & Pehlivanov 2005:166 [ref. 28369], Hanel & Lusk 2005:248 [ref. 28804], Fricke 2007:28 [ref. 30577], Parin et al. 2014:63 [ref. 33547]). •Valid as Ballerus ballerus (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:76 [ref. 28183], Kottelat & Freyhof 2007:179 [ref. 29996], Perea et al. 2010:15 [ref. 31802], Ćaleta et al. 2019:157 [ref. 37026], Lorenzoni et al. 2019:251 [ref. 37108], Pozdeev et al. 2022:5 [ref. 39511], Dyldin et al. 2023:[30] [ref. 40328], Nagy et al. 2023:357 [ref. 40348]). Current status: Valid as Ballerus ballerus (Linnaeus 1758). Leuciscidae: Leuciscinae. Distribution: Eurasia: Europe to western Asia. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.