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 |