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The list of fish of the Black Sea consists of indigenous, and also introduced species.

The following tags are used to indicate the conservation status of species by IUCN's criteria:

EX Extinct
CR Critically Endangered
EN Endangered
VU Vulnerable
NT Near Threatened
LC Least Concern
DD Data Deficient
NE Not Evaluated

All the listed species are classified by their origin as native, introduced, invasive, and species found accidentally (difficult to characterize as native or invasive).

Scientific name Taxa authority English name Origin Country of occurrence IUCN status Image
Ordo: Petromyzontiformes
Family: Petromyzontidae
Eudontomyzon mariae ( Berg, 1931) Ukrainian brook lamprey Native   Bulgaria,   Romania,   Russia,   Turkey,   Ukraine
Least Concern
Ordo: Rajiformes
Family: Rajidae
Raja clavata Linnaeus, 1758 Thornback ray Native   Bulgaria,   Georgia,   Romania,   Russia,   Turkey,   Ukraine
Near Threatened
Ordo: Myliobatiformes
Family: Dasyatidae
Dasyatis pastinaca Linnaeus, 1758 Common stingray Native   Bulgaria,   Georgia,   Romania,   Russia,   Turkey,   Ukraine
Data Deficient
Family: Gymnuridae
Gymnura altavela ( Linnaeus, 1758) Spiny butterfly ray Accidental   Turkey
Vulnerable
Ordo: Carcharhiniformes
Family: Scyliorhinidae
Scyliorhinus canicula ( Linnaeus, 1758) Small-spotted catshark Accidental   Bulgaria,   Turkey
Not Evaluated
Family: Sphyrnidae
Sphyrna zygaena ( Linnaeus, 1758) Smooth hammerhead Accidental   Bulgaria,   Romania
Vulnerable
Ordo: Lamniformes
Family: Alopiidae
Alopias vulpinus ( Bonnaterre, 1788) Common thresher Accidental   Bulgaria,   Turkey
Vulnerable
Ordo: Squaliformes
Family: Squalidae
Squalus acanthias Linnaeus, 1758 Spiny dogfish Native   Bulgaria,   Georgia,   Romania,   Russia,   Turkey,   Ukraine
Vulnerable
Squalus blainville ( Risso, 1827) Longnose spurdog Native   Bulgaria,   Georgia,   Turkey
Not Evaluated
Ordo: Squatiniformes
Family: Squatinidae
Squatina squatina Linnaeus, 1758 Angelshark Accidental   Bulgaria,   Turkey
Critically Endangered
Ordo: Acipenseriformes
Family: Acipenseridae
Acipenser gueldenstaedtii ( Brandt & Ratzeburg, 1833) Russian sturgeon Native   Bulgaria,   Georgia,   Romania,   Russia,   Turkey,   Ukraine
Critically Endangered
Acipenser nudiventris Lovetsky, 1828 Bastard sturgeon Native   Bulgaria,   Georgia,   Romania,   Russia,   Turkey,   Ukraine
Critically Endangered
Acipenser persicus Borodin, 1897 Persian sturgeon Native   Bulgaria,   Georgia
Critically Endangered
Acipenser ruthenus Linnaeus, 1758 Sterlet Native   Bulgaria,   Georgia,   Romania,   Russia,   Turkey,   Ukraine
Vulnerable
Acipenser stellatus Pallas, 1771 Starry sturgeon Native   Bulgaria,   Georgia,   Romania,   Russia,   Turkey,   Ukraine
Critically Endangered
Acipenser sturio Linnaeus, 1758 European sea sturgeon Native   Bulgaria,   Georgia,   Romania,   Russia,   Turkey,   Ukraine
Critically Endangered
Huso huso Linnaeus, 1758 Beluga Native   Bulgaria,   Georgia,   Romania,   Russia,   Turkey,   Ukraine
Critically Endangered
Ordo: Anguilliformes
Family: Anguillidae
Anguilla anguilla Linnaeus, 1758 European eel Native   Bulgaria,   Georgia,   Romania,   Russia,   Turkey,   Ukraine
Critically Endangered
Family: Congridae
Conger conger Linnaeus, 1758 European conger Accidental   Bulgaria,   Romania,   Turkey,   Ukraine
Not Evaluated
Ordo: Clupeiformes
Family: Engraulidae
Engraulis encrasicolus Linnaeus, 1758 European anchovy Native   Bulgaria,   Georgia,   Romania,   Russia,   Turkey,   Ukraine
Not Evaluated
Family: Clupeidae
Alosa caspia ( Eichwald, 1838) Caspian shad Native   Bulgaria,   Georgia,   Romania,   Russia,   Turkey,   Ukraine
Least Concern
Alosa fallax Lacépède, 1800 Twait shad Native   Bulgaria,   Romania,   Russia,   Turkey,   Ukraine
Least Concern
Alosa immaculata Bennett, 1835 Pontic shad Native   Bulgaria,   Georgia,   Romania,   Russia,   Turkey,   Ukraine
Vulnerable
Alosa maeotica Grimm, 1901 Black Sea shad Native   Bulgaria,   Georgia,   Romania,   Russia,   Turkey,   Ukraine
Least Concern
Alosa tanaica ( Grimm, 1901) Azov shad Native   Bulgaria,   Georgia,   Romania,   Russia,   Turkey,   Ukraine
Least Concern
Clupeonella cultriventris ( Nordmann, 1840) Black-Sea sprat Native   Bulgaria,   Georgia,   Romania,   Russia,   Turkey,   Ukraine
Least Concern
Sardina pilchardus Walbaum, 1792 European pilchard Native   Bulgaria,   Georgia,   Romania,   Russia,   Turkey,   Ukraine
Not Evaluated
Sardinella aurita Valenciennes, 1847 Round sardinella Accidental   Bulgaria,   Georgia,   Romania,   Turkey,   Ukraine
Not Evaluated
Sprattus sprattus ( Linnaeus, 1758) European sprat Native   Bulgaria,   Georgia,   Romania,   Russia,   Turkey,   Ukraine
Not Evaluated
Ordo: Salmoniformes
Family: Salmonidae
Salmo labrax Pallas, 1814 Black Sea salmon Native   Bulgaria,   Georgia,   Romania,   Russia,   Turkey,   Ukraine
Least Concern
Salmo trutta Linnaeus, 1758 Brown trout Introduced species   Bulgaria,   Romania,   Russia,   Turkey,   Ukraine
Least Concern
Ordo: Gadiformes
Family: Gadidae
Merlangius merlangus Linnaeus, 1758 Whiting Native   Bulgaria,   Georgia,   Romania,   Russia,   Turkey,   Ukraine
Not Evaluated
Micromesistius poutassou ( Risso, 1827) Blue whiting Accidental   Bulgaria,   Ukraine
Not Evaluated
Family: Lotidae
Gaidropsarus mediterraneus ( Linnaeus, 1758) Shore rockling Native   Bulgaria,   Georgia,   Romania,   Russia,   Turkey,   Ukraine
Not Evaluated
Family: Merlucciidae
Merluccius merluccius (Linnaeus, 1758) European hake Native   Bulgaria,   Georgia,   Turkey
Not Evaluated
Ordo: Ophidiiformes
Family: Ophidiidae
Ophidion rochei Müller, 1845 Roche’s snake blenny Native   Bulgaria,   Georgia,   Romania,   Russia,   Turkey,   Ukraine
Data Deficient
Ordo: Lophiiformes
Family: Lophiidae
Lophius budegassa ( Spinola, 1807) Blackbellied angler Native   Bulgaria,   Turkey
Not Evaluated
Lophius piscatorius Linnaeus, 1758 Sea-devil Native   Bulgaria,   Turkey,   Ukraine
Not Evaluated
Ordo: Atheriniformes
Family: Atherinidae
Atherina boyeri Risso, 1810 Big-scale sand smelt Native   Bulgaria,   Georgia,   Romania,   Russia,   Turkey,   Ukraine
Least Concern
Atherina hepsetus Linnaeus, 1758 Mediterranean sand smelt Native   Bulgaria,   Georgia,   Romania,   Russia,   Turkey,   Ukraine
Not Evaluated
Ordo: Beloniformes
Family: Belonidae
Belone belone ( Linnaeus, 1761) Garfish Native   Bulgaria,   Georgia,   Romania,   Russia,   Turkey,   Ukraine
Not Evaluated
Ordo: Cyprinodontiformes
Family: Poeciliidae
Gambusia holbrooki Girard, 1859 Eastern mosquitofish Introduced species   Bulgaria,   Georgia,   Turkey
Not Evaluated
Ordo: Zeiformes
Family: Zeidae
Zeus faber Linnaeus, 1758 John Dory Native   Bulgaria,   Georgia,   Romania,   Russia,   Turkey,   Ukraine
Not Evaluated
Ordo: Gasterosteiformes
Family: Gasterosteidae
Gasterosteus aculeatus Linnaeus, 1758 Three-spined stickleback Native   Bulgaria,   Georgia,   Romania,   Russia,   Turkey,   Ukraine
Least Concern
Pungitius platygaster ( Kessler, 1859) Ukrainian stickleback Native   Bulgaria,   Romania,   Russia,   Turkey,   Ukraine
Least Concern
Ordo: Syngnathiformes
Family: Syngnathidae
Hippocampus guttulatus ( Cuvier, 1829) Long-snouted seahorse Native   Bulgaria,   Georgia,   Romania,   Russia,   Turkey,   Ukraine
Data Deficient
Nerophis ophidion ( Linnaeus, 1758) Straightnose pipefish Native   Bulgaria,   Georgia,   Romania,   Russia,   Turkey,   Ukraine
Not Evaluated
Syngnathus abaster Risso, 1826 Black-striped pipefish Native   Bulgaria,   Georgia,   Romania,   Russia,   Turkey,   Ukraine
Least Concern
Syngnathus acus Linnaeus, 1758 Greater pipefish Accidental   Bulgaria,  Turkey,   Ukraine
Not Evaluated
Syngnathus schmidti Popov, 1927 Black Sea pelagic pipefish Native   Bulgaria,   Georgia,   Romania,   Russia,   Turkey,   Ukraine
Not Evaluated
Syngnathus tenuirostris Rathke, 1837 Narrow-snouted pipefish Native   Bulgaria,   Georgia,   Romania,   Russia,   Turkey,   Ukraine
Data Deficient
Syngnathus typhle Linnaeus, 1758 Broadnosed pipefish Native   Bulgaria,   Georgia,   Romania,   Russia,   Turkey,   Ukraine
Not Evaluated
Syngnathus variegatus Pallas, 1814 Thickly snouted pipefish Native   Bulgaria,   Georgia,   Romania,   Russia,   Turkey,   Ukraine
Not Evaluated
Ordo: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Scorpaenidae
Scorpaena notata Rafinesque, 1810 Small red scorpionfish Native   Russia,   Turkey
Not Evaluated
Scorpaena porcus Linnaeus, 1758 Black scorpionfish Native   Bulgaria,   Georgia,   Romania,   Russia,   Turkey,   Ukraine
Not Evaluated
Family: Dactylopteridae
Dactylopterus volitans Linnaeus, 1758 Flying gurnard Accidental   Bulgaria,   Ukraine
Not Evaluated
Family: Triglidae
Chelidonichthys cuculus ( Linnaeus, 1758) Red gurnard Accidental   Bulgaria,   Turkey,   Ukraine
Not Evaluated
Chelidonichthys lucerna ( Linnaeus, 1758) Tub gurnard Native   Bulgaria,   Georgia,   Romania,   Russia,   Turkey,   Ukraine
Not Evaluated
Eutrigla gurnardus ( Linnaeus, 1758) Grey gurnard Accidental   Bulgaria,   Turkey
Not Evaluated
Ordo: Gobiesociformes
Family: Gobiesocidae
Apletodon dentatus ( Facciolà, 1887) Small-headed clingfish Native   Bulgaria,   Romania
Not Evaluated
Diplecogaster bimaculata ( Bonnaterre, 1788) Two-spotted clingfish Native   Bulgaria,   Georgia,   Romania,   Russia,   Turkey,   Ukraine
Not Evaluated
Lepadogaster candolii Risso, 1810 Connemarra clingfish Native   Bulgaria,   Georgia,   Russia,   Turkey,   Ukraine
Not Evaluated
Lepadogaster lepadogaster ( Bonnaterre, 1788) Shore clingfish Native   Bulgaria,   Georgia,   Romania,   Russia,   Turkey,   Ukraine
Not Evaluated
Ordo: Perciformes
Family: Blenniidae
Aidablennius sphynx ( Valenciennes, 1836) Sphinx blenny Native   Bulgaria,   Georgia,   Romania,   Russia,   Turkey,   Ukraine
Not Evaluated
Blennius ocellaris Linnaeus, 1758 Butterfly blenny Native   Bulgaria,   Turkey,   Ukraine
Not Evaluated
Coryphoblennius galerita ( Linnaeus, 1758) Montagu's blenny Native   Bulgaria,   Georgia,   Romania,   Russia,   Turkey,   Ukraine
Not Evaluated
Microlipophrys adriaticus ( Steindachner & Kolombatovic, 1883) Adriatic blenny Accidental   Bulgaria,   Turkey,   Ukraine
Data Deficient
Parablennius gattorugine ( Linnaeus, 1758) Tompot blenny Native   Bulgaria,   Turkey
Not Evaluated
Parablennius incognitus Bath, 1968 Mystery blenny Invasive   Bulgaria,   Georgia,   Turkey,   Ukraine
Not Evaluated
Parablennius sanguinolentus ( Pallas, 1814) Rusty blenny Native   Bulgaria,   Georgia,   Romania,   Russia,   Turkey,   Ukraine
Not Evaluated
Parablennius tentacularis ( Brünnich, 1768) Tentacled blenny Native   Bulgaria,   Georgia,   Romania,   Russia,   Turkey,   Ukraine
Not Evaluated
Parablennius zvonimiri Kolombatovic, 1892 Zvonimir's blenny Native   Bulgaria,   Georgia,   Romania,   Russia,   Turkey,   Ukraine
Data Deficient
Salaria pavo ( Risso, 1810) Peacock blenny Native   Bulgaria,   Georgia,   Romania,   Russia,   Turkey,   Ukraine
Not Evaluated
Family: Tripterygiidae
Tripterygion tripteronotus ( Risso, 1810) Red-black triplefin Native   Bulgaria,   Romania,   Russia,   Turkey,   Ukraine
Least Concern
Family: Callionymidae
Callionymus fasciatus Valenciennes, 1837 Banded dragonet Native   Bulgaria,   Russia,   Turkey
Least Concern
Callionymus lyra Linnaeus, 1758 Common dragonet Native   Bulgaria,   Georgia,   Russia,   Turkey
Not Evaluated
Callionymus pusillus Delaroche, 1809 Sailfin dragonet Native   Bulgaria,   Georgia,   Romania,   Russia,   Turkey,   Ukraine
Not Evaluated
Callionymus risso Le Sueur, 1814 Risso's dragonet Native   Bulgaria,   Georgia,   Romania,   Russia,   Turkey,   Ukraine
Not Evaluated
Family: Gobiidae
Aphia minuta ( Risso, 1810) Transparent goby Native   Bulgaria,   Georgia,   Romania,   Russia,   Turkey,   Ukraine
Not Evaluated
Babka gymnotrachelus ( Kessler, 1857) Racer goby Native   Bulgaria,   Georgia,   Romania,   Turkey,   Ukraine
Least Concern
Benthophiloides brauneri Beling & Iljin, 1927 Beardless tadpole goby Native   Bulgaria,   Romania,   Ukraine
Data Deficient
Benthophilus nudus Berg, 1898 Black Sea tadpole-goby Native   Bulgaria,   Romania,   Ukraine
Least Concern
Caspiosoma caspium ( Kessler, 1877) Caspiosoma Native   Bulgaria,   Ukraine
Least Concern
Chromogobius quadrivittatus ( Steindachner, 1863) Chestnut goby Native   Bulgaria,   Russia,   Turkey
Least Concern
Gammogobius steinitzi ( Bath, 1971) Steinitz's goby Native   Bulgaria,   Ukraine
Data Deficient
Gobius bucchichi Steindachner, 1870 Bucchich's goby Native   Bulgaria,   Georgia,   Russia,   Turkey,   Ukraine
Least Concern
Gobius cobitis Pallas, 1814 Giant goby Native   Bulgaria,   Georgia,   Romania,   Russia,   Turkey,   Ukraine
Least Concern
Gobius cruentatus Gmelin, 1789 Red-mouthed goby Invasive   Bulgaria,   Turkey,   Ukraine
Not Evaluated
Gobius niger Linnaeus, 1758 Black goby Native   Bulgaria,   Georgia,   Romania,   Russia,   Turkey,   Ukraine
Not Evaluated
Gobius paganellus Linnaeus, 1758 Rock goby Native   Bulgaria,   Georgia,   Romania,   Russia,   Turkey,   Ukraine
Not Evaluated
Gobius xanthocephalus Heymer & Zander, 1992 Yellow-headed goby Native   Bulgaria,   Georgia,   Ukraine
Least Concern
Knipowitschia cameliae Nalbant & Otel, 1995 Danube delta dwarf goby Native   Bulgaria,   Romania
Critically Endangered
Knipowitschia caucasica ( Berg, 1916) Caucasian dwarf goby Native   Bulgaria,   Georgia,   Romania,   Turkey,   Ukraine
Least Concern
Knipowitschia longecaudata ( Berg, 1916) Longtail dwarf goby Native   Bulgaria,   Romania,   Ukraine
Least Concern
Mesogobius batrachocephalus ( Pallas, 1814) Toad goby Native   Bulgaria,   Georgia,   Romania,   Russia,   Turkey,   Ukraine
Least Concern
Millerigobius macrocephalus ( Kolombatovic, 1891) Large-headed goby Invasive   Bulgaria,   Ukraine
Not Evaluated
Neogobius fluviatilis ( Pallas, 1814) Monkey goby Native   Bulgaria,   Georgia,   Romania,   Russia,   Turkey,   Ukraine
Least Concern
Neogobius melanostomus ( Pallas, 1814) Round goby Native   Bulgaria,   Georgia,   Romania,   Russia,   Turkey,   Ukraine
Least Concern
Pomatoschistus bathi ( Miller, 1982) Bath's goby Invasive   Bulgaria,   Georgia,   Russia,   Ukraine
Not Evaluated
Pomatoschistus marmoratus ( Risso, 1810) Marbled goby Native   Bulgaria,   Georgia,   Romania,   Russia,   Turkey,   Ukraine
Not Evaluated
Pomatoschistus minutus (Pallas, 1770) Sand goby Native   Bulgaria,   Romania,   Turkey,   Ukraine
Not Evaluated
Pomatoschistus pictus Malm, 1865 Painted goby Accidental   Bulgaria,   Turkey,   Ukraine
Not Evaluated
Ponticola cephalargoides ( Pinchuk, 1976) Pinchuk's goby Native   Bulgaria,   Romania,   Ukraine
Not Evaluated
Ponticola eurycephalus ( Kessler, 1874) Mushroom goby Native   Bulgaria,   Georgia,   Romania,   Russia,   Turkey,   Ukraine
Least Concern
Ponticola kessleri ( Günther, 1861) Bighead goby Native   Bulgaria,   Romania,   Turkey,   Ukraine
Least Concern
Ponticola platyrostris ( Pallas, 1814) Flatsnout goby Native   Bulgaria,   Georgia,   Romania,   Russia,   Turkey,   Ukraine
Least Concern
Ponticola ratan ( Nordmann, 1840) Ratan goby Native   Bulgaria,   Romania,   Russia,   Turkey,   Ukraine
Not Evaluated
Ponticola syrman ( Nordmann, 1840) Syrman goby Native   Bulgaria,   Romania,   Russia,   Ukraine
Least Concern
Proterorhinus marmoratus ( Pallas, 1814) Marine tubenose goby Native   Bulgaria,   Georgia,   Romania,   Russia,   Turkey,   Ukraine
Least Concern
Tridentiger trigonocephalus ( Gill, 1859) Chameleon goby Invasive   Bulgaria,   Ukraine
Not Evaluated
Zebrus zebrus (Risso, 1827) Zebra goby Accidental   Turkey
Least Concern
Zosterisessor ophiocephalus ( Pallas, 1814) Grass goby Native   Bulgaria,   Georgia,   Romania,   Russia,   Turkey,   Ukraine
Data Deficient
Family: Labridae
Coris julis ( Linnaeus, 1758) Mediterranean rainbow wrasse Native   Bulgaria,   Romania,   Turkey
Least Concern
Ctenolabrus rupestris ( Linnaeus, 1758) Goldsinny wrasse Native   Bulgaria,   Georgia,   Romania,   Russia,   Turkey,   Ukraine
Not Evaluated
Labrus bergylta Linnaeus, 1758 Ballan wrasse Native   Bulgaria,   Turkey
Least Concern
Labrus merula Linnaeus, 1758 Brown wrasse Native   Bulgaria,   Turkey
Least Concern
Labrus viridis Linnaeus, 1758 Green wrasse Native   Bulgaria,   Romania,   Turkey,   Ukraine
Vulnerable
Symphodus cinereus ( Bonnaterre, 1788) Grey wrasse Native   Bulgaria,   Georgia,   Romania,   Russia,   Turkey,   Ukraine
Least Concern
Symphodus ocellatus Forsskål, 1775 Ocellated wrasse Native   Bulgaria,   Georgia,   Romania,   Russia,   Turkey,   Ukraine
Least Concern
Symphodus roissali ( Risso, 1810) Five-spotted wrasse Native   Bulgaria,   Georgia,   Romania,   Russia,   Turkey,   Ukraine
Least Concern
Symphodus rostratus ( Bloch, 1791) Pointed-snout wrasse Native   Bulgaria,   Georgia,   Romania,   Russia,   Turkey,   Ukraine
Least Concern
Symphodus tinca ( Linnaeus, 1758) East Atlantic peacock wrasse Native   Bulgaria,   Georgia,   Romania,   Russia,   Turkey,   Ukraine
Least Concern
Family: Pomacentridae
Chromis chromis ( Linnaeus, 1758) Damselfish Native   Bulgaria,   Georgia,   Romania,   Russia,   Turkey,   Ukraine
Not Evaluated
Family: Mugilidae
Chelon labrosus ( Risso, 1827) Thicklip grey mullet Native   Bulgaria,  Turkey,   Ukraine
Not Evaluated
Liza aurata ( Risso, 1810) Golden grey mullet Native   Bulgaria,   Georgia,   Romania,   Russia,   Turkey,   Ukraine
Least Concern
Liza haematocheilus ( Temminck & Schlegel, 1845) Redlip mullet Introduced species   Bulgaria,   Georgia,   Romania,   Russia,   Turkey,   Ukraine
Not Evaluated
Liza ramada ( Risso, 1810) Thinlip mullet Native   Bulgaria,   Romania,   Turkey,   Ukraine
Not Evaluated
Liza saliens ( Risso, 1810) Leaping mullet Native   Bulgaria,   Georgia,   Romania,   Russia,   Turkey,   Ukraine
Least Concern
Mugil cephalus Linnaeus, 1758 Flathead mullet Native   Bulgaria,   Georgia,   Romania,   Russia,   Turkey,   Ukraine
Least Concern
Family: Carangidae
Lichia amia Linnaeus, 1758 Leerfish Native   Bulgaria,   Turkey
Not Evaluated
Trachurus mediterraneus (Steindachner, 1868) Mediterranean horse mackerel Native   Bulgaria,   Georgia,   Romania,   Russia,   Turkey,   Ukraine
Not Evaluated
Trachurus trachurus ( Linnaeus, 1758) Atlantic horse mackerel Native   Bulgaria,   Romania,   Turkey,   Ukraine
Not Evaluated
Naucrates ductor ( Linnaeus, 1758) Pilot fish Accidental   Bulgaria,   Turkey,   Ukraine
Not Evaluated
Family: Centracanthidae
Spicara maena ( Linnaeus, 1758) Blotched picarel Native   Bulgaria,  Russia,   Turkey,   Ukraine
Not Evaluated
Spicara smaris ( Linnaeus, 1758) Picarel Native   Bulgaria,   Georgia,   Romania,   Russia,   Turkey,   Ukraine
Not Evaluated
Family: Centrarchidae
Lepomis gibbosus ( Linnaeus, 1758) Pumpkinseed Invasive   Bulgaria,   Romania,   Ukraine
Not Evaluated
Family: Chaetodontidae
Heniochus acuminatus ( Linnaeus, 1758) Pennant coralfish Accidental   Bulgaria,   Ukraine
Least Concern
Family: Moronidae
Dicentrarchus labrax ( Linnaeus, 1758) European seabass Native   Bulgaria,   Georgia,   Romania,   Russia,   Turkey,   Ukraine
Least Concern
Morone saxatilis ( Walbaum, 1792) Striped bass Introduced species   Bulgaria,   Russia,   Ukraine
Not Evaluated
Family: Mullidae
Mullus barbatus Linnaeus, 1758 Red mullet Native   Bulgaria,   Georgia,   Romania,   Russia,   Turkey,   Ukraine
Not Evaluated
Mullus surmuletus Linnaeus, 1758 Surmullet Native   Bulgaria
Not Evaluated
Family: Percidae
Percarina demidoffii Nordmann, 1840 Common percarina Native   Bulgaria,   Romania,   Ukraine
Near Threatened
Percarina maeotica Kuznetsov, 1888 Azov percarina Native   Bulgaria,   Russia,   Ukraine
Least Concern
Sander marinus (Cuvier, 1828) Estuarine Perch Native   Bulgaria,   Ukraine
Data Deficient
Family: Pomatomidae
Pomatomus saltatrix (Linnaeus, 1766) Bluefish Native   Bulgaria,   Georgia,   Romania,   Russia,   Turkey,   Ukraine
Not Evaluated
Family: Echeneidae
Echeneis naucrates ( Linnaeus, 1758) Live sharksucker Accidental   Bulgaria,   Turkey
Not Evaluated
Family: Sciaenidae
Argyrosomus regius Asso, 1801 Meagre Native   Bulgaria
Not Evaluated
Sciaena umbra ( Linnaeus, 1758) Brown meagre Native   Bulgaria,   Georgia,   Romania,   Russia,   Turkey,   Ukraine
Not Evaluated
Umbrina cirrosa ( Linnaeus, 1758) Shi drum Native   Bulgaria,   Georgia,   Romania,   Russia,   Turkey,   Ukraine
Not Evaluated
Family: Serranidae
Serranus cabrilla ( Linnaeus, 1758) Comber Native   Bulgaria,   Romania,   Turkey,   Ukraine
Not Evaluated
Serranus scriba ( Linnaeus, 1758) Painted comber Native   Bulgaria,   Georgia,   Romania,   Russia,   Turkey,   Ukraine
Not Evaluated
Family: Sparidae
Boops boops ( Linnaeus, 1758) Bogue Native   Bulgaria,   Georgia,   Romania,   Russia,   Turkey,   Ukraine
Not Evaluated
Dentex dentex ( Linnaeus, 1758) Common dentex Native   Bulgaria,   Romania,   Turkey,   Ukraine
Not Evaluated
Diplodus annularis ( Linnaeus, 1758) Annular seabream Native   Bulgaria,   Georgia,   Romania,   Russia,   Turkey,   Ukraine
Not Evaluated
Diplodus puntazzo Cetti, 1777 Sharpsnout seabream Native   Bulgaria,   Georgia,   Romania,   Russia,   Turkey,   Ukraine
Not Evaluated
Diplodus sargus ( Linnaeus, 1758) Sargo Native   Bulgaria,   Turkey,   Ukraine
Not Evaluated
Diplodus vulgaris (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817) Common two-banded seabream Native   Bulgaria,   Turkey
Not Evaluated
Lithognathus mormyrus ( Linnaeus, 1758) Sand steenbras Accidental   Bulgaria
Not Evaluated
Oblada melanura ( Linnaeus, 1758) Saddled seabream Native   Bulgaria,   Turkey
Not Evaluated
Pagellus erythrinus ( Linnaeus, 1758) Common pandora Native   Bulgaria,   Georgia,   Romania,   Russia,   Turkey,   Ukraine
Not Evaluated
Sarpa salpa ( Linnaeus, 1758) Salema porgy Native   Bulgaria,   Georgia,   Romania,   Turkey,   Ukraine
Not Evaluated
Sparus aurata Linnaeus, 1758 Gilt-head bream Native   Bulgaria,   Georgia,   Romania,  Turkey,   Ukraine
Not Evaluated
Spondyliosoma cantharus ( Linnaeus, 1758) Black seabream Native   Bulgaria,   Turkey
Not Evaluated
Family: Sphyraenidae
Sphyraena pinguis ( Günther, 1874) Red barracuda Accidental   Bulgaria,   Ukraine
Not Evaluated
Sphyraena sphyraena ( Linnaeus, 1758) European barracuda Native   Bulgaria,   Romania,   Ukraine
Not Evaluated
Family: Trichiuridae
Lepidopus caudatus ( Euphrasen, 1788) Silver scabbardfish Accidental   Bulgaria,   Turkey
Not Evaluated
Family: Scombridae
Auxis rochei ( Lacépède, 1800) Bullet tuna Native   Bulgaria,   Turkey
Least Concern
Euthynnus alletteratus ( Rafinesque, 1810) Little tunny Native   Bulgaria,   Turkey
Least Concern
Sarda sarda Bloch, 1793 Atlantic bonito Native   Bulgaria,   Georgia,   Romania,   Russia,   Turkey,   Ukraine
Least Concern
Scomber colias Gmelin, 1789 Atlantic chub mackerel Native   Bulgaria,   Georgia,   Romania,   Russia,   Turkey,   Ukraine
Least Concern
Scomber scombrus Linnaeus, 1758 Atlantic mackerel Native   Bulgaria,   Georgia,   Romania,   Russia,   Turkey,   Ukraine
Least Concern
Thunnus thynnus ( Linnaeus, 1758) Atlantic bluefin tuna Native   Bulgaria,   Georgia,   Romania,   Russia,   Turkey,   Ukraine
Endangered
Family: Xiphiidae
Xiphias gladius Linnaeus, 1758 Swordfish Native   Bulgaria,   Georgia,   Romania,   Russia,   Turkey,   Ukraine
Least Concern
Family: Ammodytidae
Gymnammodytes cicerelus ( Rafinesque, 1810) Mediterranean sand eel Native   Bulgaria,   Georgia,   Romania,   Russia,   Turkey,   Ukraine
Not Evaluated
Family: Trachinidae
Trachinus draco Linnaeus, 1758 Greater weever Native   Bulgaria,   Georgia,   Romania,   Russia,   Turkey,   Ukraine
Not Evaluated
Family: Uranoscopidae
Uranoscopus scaber Linnaeus, 1758 Atlantic stargazer Native   Bulgaria,   Georgia,   Romania,   Russia,   Turkey,   Ukraine
Not Evaluated
Ordo: Pleuronectiformes
Family: Scophthalmidae
Scophthalmus maeoticus (Pallas, 1814) Black-Sea Turbot Native   Bulgaria,   Georgia,   Romania,   Russia,   Turkey,   Ukraine
Not Evaluated
Scophthalmus rhombus ( Linnaeus, 1758) Brill Native   Bulgaria,   Georgia,   Russia,   Turkey,   Ukraine
Not Evaluated
Family: Bothidae
Arnoglossus kessleri ( Schmidt, 1915) Scaldback Native   Bulgaria,   Georgia,   Russia,   Turkey,   Ukraine
Data Deficient
Arnoglossus laterna ( Walbaum, 1792) Mediterranean scaldfish Native   Bulgaria,   Turkey
Not Evaluated
Arnoglossus thori ( Kyle, 1913) Thor's scaldfish Native   Bulgaria,   Turkey
Not Evaluated
Family: Pleuronectidae
Platichthys flesus Linnaeus, 1758 European flounder Native   Bulgaria,   Georgia,   Romania,   Russia,   Turkey,   Ukraine
Least Concern
Family: Soleidae
Buglossidium luteum ( Risso, 1810) Solenette Native   Bulgaria,   Turkey
Not Evaluated
Microchirus variegatus ( Donovan, 1808) Thickback sole Native   Bulgaria,   Turkey
Not Evaluated
Pegusa nasuta (Pallas, 1814) Blackhand sole Native   Bulgaria,   Georgia,   Romania,   Russia,   Turkey,   Ukraine
Not Evaluated
Solea solea ( Linnaeus, 1758) Common sole Native   Bulgaria,   Turkey
Not Evaluated
Ordo: Tetraodontiformes
Family: Balistidae
Balistes capriscus ( Gmelin, 1789) Grey triggerfish Native   Bulgaria,   Turkey,   Ukraine
Not Evaluated

See also

References

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Links

  • Web Products: Large Marine Ecosystems – Black Sea[ permanent dead link]
  • Fish catch in the Black Sea over the last 30 years, Turkey and USSR
  • Black Sea Fisheries
  • Fishing 'destabilises Black Sea'
  • Artüz M.L. (1999) INVENTORY OF EXISTING SPECIES AND THEIR HABITATS IN THE BOSPHORUS AREA. Marine bio abs., 1: 112–023.
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  • Black Sea Fishes Check List