# List of fishes of the Black Sea

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

## List

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 |
| 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 |