{{Short description|Genus of fishes}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2022}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Abramis ballerus.jpg | image_caption = Zope (''Ballerus ballerus'', the type species of the genus) | display_parents = 2 | taxon = Ballerus | authority = Heckel, 1843<ref name = "Cof family">{{Cof family|family=Leuciscinae|access-date=27 March 2025}}</ref> | type_species = ''Ballerus ballerus'' | type_species_authority = (Linnaeus, 1758)<ref name = "Cof family"/> | subdivision_ranks = | subdivision = }}

'''''Ballerus''''' is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Leuciscidae. These fishes are found in Europe and Asia.

==Species== ''Ballerus'' contains the following species:<ref name ="Cof genus">{{Cof genus|genus=Ballerus|access-date=27 March 2025}}</ref> * ''Ballerus ballerus'' <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small> (Zope) * ''Ballerus sapa'' <small>(Pallas, 1814)</small> (White-eye bream)

==References== {{Reflist}} * {{FishBase genus | genus = Ballerus| month = August | year = 2011}} {{commonscat}} {{Taxonbar|from=Q2073015}}

Category:Ballerus Category:Leuciscinae Category:Taxa named by Johann Jakob Heckel

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