List of fish of the Black Sea
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 | , 1828 | Bastard sturgeon | Native | Bulgaria, Georgia, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine | Critically Endangered | |
Acipenser persicus | , 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 | , 1901 | Black Sea shad | Native | Bulgaria, Georgia, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine | Least Concern | |
Alosa tanaica | (, 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 | (Linneus, 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 | (, 1887) | 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 & , 1883) | Adriatic blenny | Accidental | Bulgaria, Turkey, Ukraine | Data Deficient | |
Parablennius gattorugine | (Linnaeus, 1758) | Tompot blenny | Native | Bulgaria, Turkey | Not Evaluated | |
Parablennius incognitus | , 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 | , 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 & , 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 | (, 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 | & , 1992 | Yellow-headed goby | Native | Bulgaria, Georgia, Ukraine | Least Concern | |
Knipowitschia cameliae | Nalbant & , 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 | (, 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 | (, 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) | 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) | Native | Bulgaria, Georgia, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine | Not Evaluated | ||
Diplodus puntazzo | Cetti, 1777 | 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 | ||||||
(Günther, 1874) | Accidental | Bulgaria, Ukraine | Not Evaluated | |||
Sphyraena sphyraena | (Linnaeus, 1758) | European barracuda | Native | Bulgaria, Romania, Ukraine | Not Evaluated | |
Family: Trichiuridae | ||||||
Lepidopus caudatus | (, 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 | (, 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.
- "Куцоконь Ю., Квач Ю. Українські назви міног і риб фауни України для наукового вжитку // Біологічні студії. — 2012. — Т. 6, №2. — С. 199—220".
- Black Sea Fishes Check List
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