# List of fishes of Ukraine

This list of fishes of Ukraine consists of indigenous and introduced species.
These tags are used to evaluate the conservation status of species by criteria of IUCN:
| 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 freshwater, brackishwater, marine, anadromous, catadromous, and euryhaline; also classified as native, introduced, invasive, and species with accidental finding (difficult to characterize it as native or invasive).
| Scientific name | Taxa authority | English name | Ukrainian name | Origin | IUCN status |
| Order: Petromyzontiformes |||||||
| Family: Petromyzontidae |||||||
| Eudontomyzon danfordi | Regan, 1911 | Carpathian brook lamprey | Мінога угорська | Freshwater, native | Least concern |
| Eudontomyzon mariae | (Berg, 1931) | Ukrainian brook lamprey | Мінога українська | Freshwater, native | Least concern |
| Order: Rajiformes |||||||
| Family: Rajidae |||||||
| Raja clavata | Linnaeus, 1758 | Thornback ray | Морська лисиця | Marine, native | Near threatened |
| Order: Myliobatiformes |||||||
| Family: Dasyatidae |||||||
| Dasyatis pastinaca | Linnaeus, 1758 | Common stingray | Морський кіт | Marine, native | Data deficient |
| Family: Gymnuridae |||||||
| Order: Squaliformes |||||||
| Family: Squalidae |||||||
| Squalus acanthias | Linnaeus, 1758 | Spiny dogfish | Катран звичайний | Marine, native | Vulnerable |
| Order: Acipenseriformes |||||||
| Family: Acipenseridae |||||||
| Acipenser gueldenstaedtii | (Brandt & Ratzeburg, 1833) | Russian sturgeon | Осетер російський | Anadromous, native | Critically endangered |
| Acipenser nudiventris | Lovetsky, 1828 | Bastard sturgeon | Шип | Anadromous, native | Critically endangered |
| Acipenser ruthenus | Linnaeus, 1758 | Sterlet | Стерлядь | Freshwater, native | Vulnerable |
| Acipenser stellatus | Pallas, 1771 | Starry sturgeon | Севрюга | Anadromous, native | Critically endangered |
| Acipenser sturio | Linnaeus, 1758 | European sea sturgeon | Осетер європейський | Anadromous, native | Critically endangered |
| Huso huso | Linnaeus, 1758 | Beluga European sturgeon | Білуга | Anadromous, native | Critically endangered |
| Family: Polyodontidae |||||||
| Polyodon spathula | Walbaum, 1792 | American paddlefish | Веслоніс північноамериканський | Freshwater, introduced | Vulnerable |
| Order: Anguilliformes |||||||
| Family: Anguillidae |||||||
| Anguilla anguilla | Linnaeus, 1758 | European eel | Вугор європейський | Catadromous, native | Critically endangered |
| Family: Congridae |||||||
| Conger conger | Linnaeus, 1758 | European conger | Морський вугор звичайний | Marine, accidental | Not evaluated |
| Order: Clupeiformes |||||||
| Family: Engraulidae |||||||
| Engraulis encrasicolus | Linnaeus, 1758 | European anchovy | Хамса | Marine, native | Not evaluated |
| Family: Clupeidae |||||||
| Alosa caspia | (Eichwald, 1838) | Caspian shad | Пузанок каспійський | Anadromous, native | Least concern |
| Alosa fallax | Lacépède, 1800 | Twait shad | Фінта | Anadromous, accidental | Least concern |
| Alosa immaculata | Bennett, 1835 | Pontic shad | Пузанок чорноморський | Anadromous, native | Vulnerable |
| Alosa maeotica | Grimm, 1901 | Black Sea shad | Оселедець керченський | Anadromous, native | Least concern |
| Alosa tanaica | (Grimm, 1901) | Azov shad | Пузанок азовський | Anadromous, native | Least concern |
| Clupeonella cultriventris | (Nordmann, 1840) | Black and Caspian Sea sprat | Тюлька звичайна | Brackishwater, native | Least concern |
| Sardina pilchardus | Walbaum, 1792 | European pilchard | Сардина європейська | Marine, native | Not evaluated |
| Sardinella aurita | Valenciennes, 1847 | Round sardinella | Сардинка кругла | Marine, accidental | Not evaluated |
| Sprattus sprattus | (Linnaeus, 1758) | European sprat | Кілька | Marine, native | Not evaluated |
| Order: Cypriniformes |||||||
| Family: Cyprinidae |||||||
| Abramis brama | Linnaeus, 1758 | Common bream | Лящ | Freshwater, native | Least concern |
| Alburnoides bipunctatus | (Bloch, 1782) | Spirlin | Бистрянка звичайна | Freshwater, native | Least concern |
| Alburnus alburnus | Linnaeus, 1758 | Common bleak | Верховодка звичайна | Freshwater, native | Least concern |
| Alburnus leobergi | Freyhof & Kottelat, 2007 | Azov shemaya | Селява азовська | Breckishwater, native | Least concern |
| Alburnus mentoides | Kessler, 1859 | Crimea shemaya | Селява кримська | Freshwater, native | Endangered |
| Alburnus sarmaticus | Freyhof & Kottelat, 2007 | Pontian shemaya | Селява чорноморська | Freshwater, native | Endangered |
| Aspius aspius | (Linnaeus, 1758) | Asp | Білизна звичайна | Freshwater, native | Least concern |
| Ballerus ballerus | (Linnaeus, 1758) | Blue bream | Синець | Freshwater, native | Least concern |
| Ballerus sapa | Pallas, 1814 | White-eye bream | Білоочка | Freshwater, native | Least concern |
| Barbus barbus | Linnaeus, 1758 | Common barbel | Марена звичайна | Freshwater, native | Least concern |
| Barbus borysthenicus | (Dybowski, 1862) | Dnieper barbel | Марена дніпровська | Freshwater, native | Not evaluated |
| Barbus carpathicus | Kotlík, Tsigenopoulos, Ráb & Berrebi, 2002 | Carpathian barbel | Марена карпатська | Freshwater, native | Least concern |
| Barbus petenyi | Heckel, 1852 | Romanian barbel | Марена румунська | Freshwater, native | Least concern |
| Barbus tauricus | Kessler, 1877 | Crimean barbel | Марена кримська | Freshwater, native | Vulnerable |
| Barbus waleckii | Rolik, 1970 | Vistula barbel | Марена Валецького | Freshwater, native | Least concern |
| Blicca bjoerkna | (Linnaeus, 1758) | Silver bream | Плоскирка | Freshwater, native | Least concern |
| Carassius auratus | (Linnaeus, 1758) | Goldfish | Карась китайський | Freshwater, introduced | Not evaluated |
| Carassius carassius | (Linnaeus, 1758) | Crucian carp | Карась звичайний | Freshwater, native | Least concern |
| Carassius gibelio | (Bloch, 1782) | Prussian carp | Карась сріблястий | Freshwater, introduced | Least concern |
| Chondrostoma nasus | Linnaeus, 1758 | Common nase | Підуст звичайний | Freshwater, native | Least concern |
| Chondrostoma variabile | Yakovlev, 1870 | Volga undermouth | Підуст волзький | Freshwater, native | Least concern |
| Ctenopharyngodon idella | (Valenciennes, 1844) | Grass carp | Амур білий | Freshwater, introduced | Not evaluated |
| Cyprinus carpio | Linnaeus, 1758 | Common carp | Короп звичайний | Freshwater, introduced? | Least concern |
| Gobio brevicirris | Fowler, 1976 | Don gudgeon | Пічкур коротковусий | Freshwater, native | Least concern |
| Gobio carpathicus | Vladykov, 1925 | Carpathian gudgeon | Пічкур карпатський | Freshwater, native | Least concern |
| Gobio delyamurei | Freyhof & Naseka, 2005 | Chornaya gudgeon | Пічкур чорноріченський | Freshwater, native | Critically endangered |
| Gobio gobio | (Linnaeus, 1758) | Gudgeon | Пічкур звичайний | Freshwater, native | Least concern |
| Gobio krymensis | Banarescu & Nalbant, 1973 | Salgir gudgeon | Пічкур кримський | Freshwater, native | Vulnerable |
| Gobio sarmaticus | Berg, 1949 | Ukrainian gudgeon | Пічкур дністровський | Freshwater, native | Least concern |
| Hypophthalmichthys molitrix | (Valenciennes, 1844) | Silver carp | Товстолоб білий | Freshwater, introduced | Near threatened |
| Hypophthalmichthys nobilis | (Richandson, 1845) | Bighead carp | Товстолоб строкатий | Freshwater, introduced | Data deficient |
| Leucaspius delineatus | Heckel, 1843 | Belica | Вівсянка | Freshwater, native | Least concern |
| Leuciscus danilewskii | Kessler, 1877 | Don dace | Ялець Данилевського | Freshwater, native | Least concern |
| Leuciscus idus | Linnaeus, 1758 | Ide | В'язь | Freshwater, native | Least concern |
| Leuciscus leuciscus | (Linnaeus, 1758) | Common dace | Ялець звичайний | Freshwater, native | Least concern |
| Mylopharyngodon piceus | (Richardson, 1846) | Black carp | Амур чорний | Freshwater, introduced | Not evaluated |
| Pelecus cultratus | (Linnaeus, 1758) | Ziege | Чехоня | Freshwater, native | Least concern |
| Petroleuciscus borysthenicus | (Kessler, 1859) | Dnieper chub | Бобирець звичайний | Freshwater, native | Least concern |
| Phoxinus phoxinus | (Linnaeus, 1758) | Common minnow | Мересниця річкова | Freshwater, native | Not evaluated |
| Pseudorasbora parva | Temminck & Schlegel, 1846 | Stone moroko | Чебачок амурський | Freshwater, invasive | Not evaluated |
| Rhodeus amarus | Bloch, 1782 | European bitterling | Гірчак європейський | Freshwater, native | Least concern |
| Rhynchocypris percnurus | (Pallas, 1814) | Swamp minnow | Мересниця озерна | Freshwater, native | Least concern |
| Romanogobio antipai | Bănărescu, 1953 | Danube delta gudgeon | Пічкур-білопер антипи | Freshwater, native | Extinct |
| Romanogobio belingi | (Slastenenko, 1934) | Northern whitefin gudgeon | Пічкур-білопер дніпровський | Freshwater, native | Least concern |
| Romanogobio kesslerii | (Dybowski, 1862) | Kessler's gudgeon | Пічкур-білопер дністровський | Freshwater, native | Least concern |
| Romanogobio tanaiticus | (Naseka, 2001) | Don whitefin gudgeon | Пічкур-білопер донський | Freshwater, native | Least concern |
| Romanogobio uranoscopus | (Agassiz, 1828) | Danube gudgeon | Пічкур дунайський | Freshwater, native | Least concern |
| Romanogobio vladykovi | (Fang, 1943) | Danube whitefin gudgeon | Пічкур-білопер Владикова | Freshwater, native | Least concern |
| Rutilus frisii | (Nordmann, 1840) | Black Sea roach | Вирозуб | Freshwater, native | Least concern |
| Rutilus heckelii | Nordmann, 1840 | Taran | Тараня | Freshwater, native | Least concern |
| Rutilus kutum | Kamensky, 1901 | Kutum | Кутум | Freshwater, introduced | Not evaluated |
| Rutilus rutilus | Linnaeus, 1758 | Common roach | Плітка звичайна | Freshwater, native | Least concern |
| Rutilus virgo | (Heckel, 1852) | Cactus roach | Плітка панонська | Freshwater, native | Least concern |
| Scardinius erythrophthalmus | (Linnaeus, 1758) | Common rudd | Краснопірка звичайна | Freshwater, native | Least concern |
| Squalius cephalus | Linnaeus, 1758 | European chub | Головень європейський | Freshwater, native | Least concern |
| Telestes souffia | (Risso, 1827) | Western vairone | Ялець-андруга звичайний | Freshwater, native | Least concern |
| Tinca tinca | (Linnaeus, 1758) | Tench | Лин | Freshwater, native | Least concern |
| Tribolodon brandtii | (Dybowski, 1872) | Pacific redfin | Угай тихоокеанський | Anadromous, introduced | Not evaluated |
| Vimba vimba | Linnaeus, 1758 | Vimba bream | Рибець звичайний | Freshwater, native | Least concern |
| Family: Catostomidae |||||||
| Ictiobus bubalus | (Rafinesque, 1818) | Smallmouth buffalo | Буфало малоротий | Freshwater, introduced | Not evaluated |
| Ictiobus cyprinellus | (Valenciennes, 1844) | Bigmouth buffalo | Буфало великоротий | Freshwater, introduced | Not evaluated |
| Ictiobus niger | (Rafinesque, 1819) | Black buffalo | Буфало чорний | Freshwater, introduced | Not evaluated |
| Family: Cobitidae |||||||
| Cobitis elongatoides | (Bacescu & Maier, 1969) | Danube spined loach | Щипавка дунайська | Freshwater, native | Not evaluated |
| Cobitis melanoleuca | Nichols, 1925 | Siberian spined loach | Щипавка сибірська | Freshwater, native | Least concern |
| Cobitis taenia | Linnaeus, 1758 | Northern spined loach | Щипавка звичайна loach | Freshwater, native | Least concern |
| Cobitis tanaitica | (Bacescu & Maier, 1969) | Don spined loach | Щипавка танайська | Freshwater, native | Not evaluated |
| Cobitis taurica | (Vasil'eva, Vasil'ev, Janko, Ráb & Rábová, 2005) | Crimean spined loach | Щипавка кримська | Freshwater, native | Not evaluated |
| Misgurnus fossilis | (Linnaeus, 1758) | European weatherfish | В'юн звичайний | Freshwater, native | Least concern |
| Sabanejewia balcanica | (Karaman, 1922) | Balcan golden loach | Щипавка балканська | Freshwater, native | Not evaluated |
| Sabanejewia baltica | (Witkowski, 1994) | Northern golden loach | Щипавка північна | Freshwater, native | Not evaluated |
| Sabanejewia bulgarica | (Drensky, 1928) | Bulgarien golden loach | Щипавка болгарська | Freshwater, native | Not evaluated |
| Family: Balitoridae |||||||
| Barbatula barbatula | (Linnaeus, 1758) | Stone loach | Слиж звичайний | Freshwater, native | Least concern |
| Order: Siluriformes |||||||
| Family: Ictaluridae |||||||
| Ameiurus melas | Rafinesque, 1820 | Black bullhead | Сомик чорний | Freshwater, introduced | Not evaluated |
| Ameiurus nebulosus | Lesueur, 1819 | Brown bullhead | Сомик коричневий | Freshwater, introduced | Not evaluated |
| Ictalurus punctatus | Rafinesque, 1818 | Channel catfish | Сом канальний | Freshwater, introduced | Not evaluated |
| Family: Siluridae |||||||
| Silurus glanis | Linnaeus, 1758 | Wels catfish | Сом європейський | Freshwater, native | Least concern |
| Order: Salmoniformes |||||||
| Family: Salmonidae |||||||
| Coregonus autumnalis | Pallas, 1776 | Arctic cisco | Омуль | Freshwater, introduced | Least concern |
| Coregonus lavaretus | (Linnaeus, 1758) | European whitefish | Сиг європейський | Freshwater, native | Vulnerable |
| Coregonus maraena | (Bloch, 1779) | Maraena whitefish | Сиг-марена | Freshwater, native | Vulnerable |
| Coregonus maraenoides | (Berg, 1916) | Peipsi whitefish | Сиг чудський | Freshwater, introduced | Not evaluated |
| Coregonus peled | (Gmelin, 1788) | Peled | Пелядь | Freshwater, introduced | Least concern |
| Hucho hucho | (Linnaeus, 1758) | Danube salmon | Головатиця | Freshwater, native | Endangered |
| Oncorhynchus mykiss | (Walbaum, 1792) | Rainbow trout | Пструг райдужний | Anadromous, introduced | Not evaluated |
| Salmo labrax | Pallas, 1814 | Black Sea salmon | Лосось чорноморський | Anadromous, native | Least concern |
| Salmo trutta | Linnaeus, 1758 | Brown trout | Пструг струмковий | Freshwater, native | Least concern |
| Salvelinus fontinalis | (Mitchill, 1814) | Brook trout | Палія американська | Freshwater, introduced | Not evaluated |
| Thymallus thymallus | Linnaeus, 1758 | Grayling | Харіус європейський | Freshwater, native | Least concern |
| Order: Esociformes |||||||
| Family: Esocidae |||||||
| Esox lucius | Linnaeus, 1758 | Northern pike | Щука звичайна | Freshwater, native | Least concern |
| Family: Umbridae |||||||
| Umbra krameri | Walbaum, 1792 | European mudminnow | Умбра європейська | Freshwater, native | Vulnerable |
| Order: Gadiformes |||||||
| Family: Lotidae |||||||
| Lota lota | Oken, 1817 | Burbot | Минь річковий | Freshwater, native | Least concern |
| Gaidropsarus mediterraneus | (Linnaeus, 1758) | Shore rockling | Минь середземноморський | Marine, native | Not evaluated |
| Family: Gadidae |||||||
| Merlangius merlangus | Linnaeus, 1758 | Whiting | Мерланг | Marine, native | Not evaluated |
| Micromesistius poutassou | (Risso, 1827) | Blue whiting | Путасу північна | Marine, accidental | Not evaluated |
| Order: Ophidiiformes |||||||
| Family: Ophidiidae |||||||
| Ophidion rochei | Müller, 1845 | Roche's snake blenny | Ошибень звичайний | Marine, native | Data deficient |
| Order: Lophiiformes |||||||
| Family: Lophiidae |||||||
| Lophius piscatorius | Linnaeus, 1758 | Sea devil | Морський чорт | Marine, native | Not evaluated |
| Order: Atheriniformes |||||||
| Family: Atherinidae |||||||
| Atherina boyeri | Risso, 1810 | Big-scale sand smelt | Атерина піщана | Brackishwater, native | Least concern |
| Atherina hepsetus | Linnaeus, 1758 | Mediterranean sand smelt | Атерина середземноморська | Marine, native | Not evaluated |
| Order: Beloniformes |||||||
| Family: Belonidae |||||||
| Belone belone | (Linnaeus, 1761) | Garfish | Сарган звичайний | Marine, native | Not evaluated |
| Family: Adrianichthyidae |||||||
| Oryzias sinensis | Chen, Uwa & Chu, 1989 | Chinese rice fish | Медака китайська | Freshwater, invasive | Least concern |
| Order: Cyprinodontiformes |||||||
| Family: Poeciliidae |||||||
| Gambusia holbrooki | Girard, 1859 | Eastern mosquitofish | Гамбузія східна | Freshwater, introduced | Not evaluated |
| Poecilia reticulata | Peters, 1859 | Guppy | Гупі | Freshwater, introduced | Not evaluated |
| Order: Zeiformes |||||||
| Family: Zeidae |||||||
| Zeus faber | Linnaeus, 1758 | John Dory | Сонцевик звичайний | Marine, native | Not evaluated |
| Order: Gasterosteiformes |||||||
| Family: Gasterosteidae |||||||
| Gasterosteus aculeatus | Linnaeus, 1758 | Three-spined stickleback | Колючка триголкова | Euryhaline, native | Least concern |
| Pungitius platygaster | (Kessler, 1859) | Ukrainian stickleback | Колючка південна | Euryhaline, native | Least concern |
| Order: Syngnathiformes |||||||
| Family: Syngnathidae |||||||
| Hippocampus guttulatus | (Cuvier, 1829) | Long-snouted seahorse | Морський коник довгорилий | Marine, native | Data deficient |
| Nerophis ophidion | (Linnaeus, 1758) | Straightnose pipefish | Морське шило | Marine, native | Not evaluated |
| Syngnathus abaster | Risso, 1826 | Black-striped pipefish | Іглиця пухлощока | Brackishwater, native | Least concern |
| Syngnathus acus | Linnaeus, 1758 | Greater pipefish | Іглиця звичайна | Marine, native | Not evaluated |
| Syngnathus schmidti | Popov, 1927 | Black Sea pelagic pipefish | Іглиця шипувата | Brackishwater, native | Not evaluated |
| Syngnathus tenuirostris | Rathke, 1837 | Narrow-snouted pipefish | Іглиця тонкорила | Brackishwater, native | Data deficient |
| Syngnathus typhle | Linnaeus, 1758 | Broadnosed pipefish | Іглиця довгорила | Marine, native | Not evaluated |
| Syngnathus variegatus | Pallas, 1814 | Thickly snouted pipefish | Іглиця товсторила | Brackishwater, native | Not evaluated |
| Order: Scorpaeniformes |||||||
| Family: Dactylopteridae ||||||
| Dactylopterus volitans | Linnaeus, 1758 | Flying gurnard | Довгопер | Marine, accidental | Not evaluated |
| Family: Scorpaenidae |||||||
| Scorpaena porcus | Linnaeus, 1758 | Black scorpionfish | Скорпена звичайна | Marine, native | Not evaluated |
| Family: Triglidae ||||||
| Chelidonichthys cuculus | (Linnaeus, 1758) | Red gurnard | Морський півень червоний | Marine, accidental | Not evaluated |
| Chelidonichthys lucerna | (Linnaeus, 1758) | Tub gurnard | Морський півень жовтий | Marine, native | Not evaluated |
| Family: Cottidae ||||||
| Cottus gobio | Linnaeus, 1758 | European bullhead | Бабець звичайний | Freshwater, native | Least concern |
| Cottus microstomus | (Heckel, 1837) | Baltic sculpin | Бабець малоротий | Freshwater, native | Least concern |
| Cottus poecilopus | Heckel, 1837 | Alpine bullhead | Бабець строкатоплавцевий | Freshwater, native | Least concern |
| Order: Gobiesociformes |||||||
| Family: Gobiesocidae |||||||
| Diplecogaster bimaculata | (Bonnaterre, 1788) | Two-spotted clingfish | Риба-качечка двоплямиста | Marine, native | Not evaluated |
| Lepadogaster candolii | Risso, 1810 | Connemarra clingfish | Риба-качечка товсторила | Marine, native | Not evaluated |
| Lepadogaster lepadogaster | (Bonnaterre, 1788) | Shore clingfish | Риба-качечка європейська | Marine, native | Not evaluated |
| Order: Perciformes |||||||
| Family: Blenniidae |||||||
| Aidablennius sphynx | (Valenciennes, 1836) | Sphinx blenny | Собачка-сфінкс | Marine, native | Not evaluated |
| Blennius ocellaris | Linnaeus, 1758 | Butterfly blenny | Собачка-метелик | Marine, accidental | Not evaluated |
| Coryphoblennius galerita | (Linnaeus, 1758) | Montagu's blenny | Собачка чубатий | Marine, native | Not evaluated |
| Microlipophrys adriaticus | (Steindachner & Kolombatovic, 1883) | Adriatic blenny | Собачка адріатичний | Marine, accidental | Data deficient |
| Parablennius gattorugine | (Linnaeus, 1758) | Tompot blenny | Собачка тупорилий | Marine, accidental | Not evaluated |
| Parablennius incognitus | Bath, 1968 | Mystery blenny | Собачка таємничий | Marine, invasive | Not evaluated |
| Parablennius sanguinolentus | (Pallas, 1814) | Rusty blenny | Собачка червоно-жовтий | Marine, native | Not evaluated |
| Parablennius tentacularis | (Brünnich, 1768) | Tentacled blenny | Собачка щупальцевий | Marine, native | Not evaluated |
| Parablennius zvonimiri | Kolombatovic, 1892 | Zvonimir's blenny | Собачка Звонимира | Marine, native | Data deficient |
| Salaria pavo | (Risso, 1810) | Peacock blenny | Собачка-павич | Marine, native | Not evaluated |
| Family: Tripterygiidae |||||||
| Tripterygion tripteronotus | (Risso, 1810) | Red-black triplefin | Трьохперка чорноголова | Marine, native | Least concern |
| Family: Callionymidae |||||||
| Callionymus fasciatus | Valenciennes, 1837 | Banded dragonet | Піскарка смугаста | Marine, native | Least concern |
| Callionymus pusillus | Delaroche, 1809 | Sailfin dragonet | Піскарка бура | Marine, native | Not evaluated |
| Callionymus risso | Le Sueur, 1814 | Risso's dragonet | Піскарка сіра | Marine, native | Not evaluated |
| Family: Odontobutidae |||||||
| Perccottus glenii | Dybowski, 1877 | Chinese sleeper | Ротань-головешка | Freshwater, introduced | Not evaluated |
| Family: Gobiidae |||||||
| Aphia minuta | (Risso, 1810) | Transparent goby | Бичок прозорий | Marine, native | Not evaluated |
| Babka gymnotrachelus | (Kessler, 1857) | Racer goby | Бичок-гонець | Brackishwater, native | Least concern |
| Benthophiloides brauneri | Beling & Iljin, 1927 | Beardless tadpole goby | Пуголовочка Браунера | Brackishwater, native | Data deficient |
| Benthophilus durrelli | Boldyrev & Bogutskaya, 2004 | Don tadpole-goby | Пуголовка донська | Freshwater, native | Least concern |
| Benthophilus magistri | Iljin, 1927 | Azov tadpole goby | Пуголовка азовська | Brackishwater, native | Least concern |
| Benthophilus nudus | Berg, 1898 | Black Sea tadpole-goby | Пуголовка гола | Brackishwater, native | Least concern |
| Benthophilus stellatus | (Sauvage, 1874) | Stellate tadpole-goby | Пуголовка зірчаста | Brackishwater, native | Least concern |
| Caspiosoma caspium | (Kessler, 1877) | Caspiosoma | Бичок-голяк | Brackishwater, native | Least concern |
| Gammogobius steinitzi | (Bath, 1971) | Steinitz's goby | Бичок Штайниця | Marine, invasive | Data deficient |
| Gobius bucchichi | Steindachner, 1870 | Bucchich's goby | Бичок-рись | Marine, native | Least concern |
| Gobius cobitis | Pallas, 1814 | Giant goby | Бичок-кругляш | Marine, native | Least concern |
| Gobius cruentatus | Gmelin, 1789 | Red-mouthed goby | Бичок червоноротий | Marine, invasive | Not evaluated |
| Gobius niger | Linnaeus, 1758 | Black goby | Бичок чорний | Brackishwater, native | Not evaluated |
| Gobius paganellus | Linnaeus, 1758 | Rock goby | Бичок скельний | Marine, native | Not evaluated |
| Gobius xanthocephalus | Heymer & Zander, 1992 | Yellow-headed goby | Бичок жовтоголовий | Marine, native | Least concern |
| Knipowitschia caucasica | (Berg, 1916) | Caucasian dwarf goby | Кніповичія кавказька | Brackishwater, native | Least concern |
| Knipowitschia longecaudata | (Berg, 1916) | Longtail dwarf goby | Бичок-хвостач | Brackishwater, native | Least concern |
| Mesogobius batrachocephalus | (Pallas, 1814) | Toad goby | Бичок жабоголовий | Brackishwater, native | Least concern |
| Millerigobius macrocephalus | (Kolombatovic, 1891) | Large-headed goby | Бичок великоголовий | Brackishwater, invasive | Not evaluated |
| Neogobius fluviatilis | (Pallas, 1814) | Monkey goby | Бичок-бабка | Brackishwater, native | Least concern |
| Neogobius melanostomus | (Pallas, 1814) | Round goby | Бичок-кругляк | Brackishwater, native | Least concern |
| Pomatoschistus bathi | (Miller, 1982) | Bath's goby | Лисун Бата | Brackishwater, invasive | Not evaluated |
| Pomatoschistus marmoratus | (Risso, 1810) | Marbled goby | Лисун мармуровий | Brackishwater, native | Not evaluated |
| Pomatoschistus minutus | (Pallas, 1770) | Sand goby | Лисун малий | Brackishwater, native | Not evaluated |
| Pomatoschistus pictus | Malm, 1865 | Painted goby | Лисун мальований | Brackishwater, accidental | Not evaluated |
| Ponticola cephalargoides | (Pinchuk, 1976) | Pinchuk's goby | Бичок Пінчука | Brackishwater, native | Not evaluated |
| Ponticola eurycephalus | (Kessler, 1874) | Mushroom goby | Бичок рудий | Brackishwater, native | Least concern |
| Ponticola kessleri | (Günther, 1861) | Bighead goby | Бичок-головань | Brackishwater, native | Least concern |
| Ponticola platyrostris | (Pallas, 1814) | Flatsnout goby | Бичок-губань | Brackishwater, native | Least concern |
| Ponticola ratan | (Nordmann, 1840) | Ratan goby | Бичок кам'яний | Brackishwater, native | Not evaluated |
| Ponticola syrman | (Nordmann, 1840) | Syrman goby | Бичок-сурман | Brackishwater, native | Least concern |
| Proterorhinus marmoratus | (Pallas, 1814) | Marine tubenose goby | Бичок-цуцик морський | Brackishwater, native | Least concern |
| Proterorhinus semilunaris | (Heckel, 1837) | Western tubenose goby | Бичок-цуцик західний | Freshwater, native | Least concern |
| Proterorhinus tataricus | Freyhof & Naseka, 2007 | Chornaya tubenose goby | Бичок-цуцик чорноріченський | Freshwater, native | Critically endangered |
| Tridentiger trigonocephalus | (Gill, 1859) | Chameleon goby | Бичок-хамелеон | Brackishwater, invasive | Not evaluated |
| Zosterisessor ophiocephalus | (Pallas, 1814) | Grass goby | Бичок-зеленчак | Marine, native | Data deficient |
| Family: Labridae |||||||
| Ctenolabrus rupestris | (Linnaeus, 1758) | Goldsinny wrasse | Губань-скельник | Marine, native | Not evaluated |
| Labrus viridis | Linnaeus, 1758 | Green wrasse | Губань зелений | Marine, native | Vulnerable |
| Symphodus cinereus | (Bonnaterre, 1788) | Grey wrasse | Зеленушка-орябок | Marine, native | Least concern |
| Symphodus ocellatus | Forsskål, 1775 | Ocellated wrasse | Зеленушка плямиста | Marine, native | Least concern |
| Symphodus roissali | (Risso, 1810) | Five-spotted wrasse | Зеленушка-перепілка | Marine, native | Least concern |
| Symphodus rostratus | (Bloch, 1791) | Pointed-snout wrasse | Зеленушка носата | Marine, native | Least concern |
| Symphodus tinca | (Linnaeus, 1758) | East Atlantic peacock wrasse | Зеленушка-рулена | Marine, native | Least concern |
| Family: Pomacentridae |||||||
| Chromis chromis | (Linnaeus, 1758) | Damselfish | Морська ластівка | Marine, native | Not evaluated |
| Family: Mugilidae |||||||
| Chelon labrosus | (Risso, 1827) | Thicklip grey mullet | Стрибка | Marine, accidental | Not evaluated |
| Liza aurata | (Risso, 1810) | Golden grey mullet | Сингіль | Marine, native | Least concern |
| Liza haematocheilus | (Temminck & Schlegel, 1845) | Redlip mullet | Піленгас | Brackishwater, introduced | Not evaluated |
| Liza ramada | (Risso, 1810) | Thinlip mullet | Кефаль-головач | Marine, native | Not evaluated |
| Liza saliens | (Risso, 1810) | Leaping mullet | Гостроніс | Marine, native | Least concern |
| Mugil cephalus | Linnaeus, 1758 | Flathead mullet | Лобань | Marine, native | Least concern |
| Family: Carangidae |||||||
| Trachurus mediterraneus | (Steindachner, 1868) | Mediterranean horse mackerel | Ставрида середземноморська | Marine, native | Not evaluated |
| Trachurus trachurus | (Linnaeus, 1758) | Atlantic horse mackerel | Ставрида атлантична | Marine, native | Not evaluated |
| Naucrates ductor | (Linnaeus, 1758) | Pilot fish | Риба-лоцман | Marine, accidental | Not evaluated |
| Family: Centracanthidae |||||||
| Spicara maena | (Linnaeus, 1758) | Blotched picarel | Смарида смугаста | Marine, native | Not evaluated |
| Spicara smaris | (Linnaeus, 1758) | Picarel | Смарида звичайна | Marine, native | Not evaluated |
| Family: Centrarchidae |||||||
| Lepomis gibbosus | (Linnaeus, 1758) | Pumpkinseed | Царьок | Freshwater, invasive | Not evaluated |
| Family: Chaetodontidae |||||||
| Heniochus acuminatus | (Linnaeus, 1758) | Pennant coralfish | Кабуба білопера | Marine, accidental | Least concern |
| Family: Moronidae |||||||
| Dicentrarchus labrax | (Linnaeus, 1758) | European seabass | Лаврак | Marine, native | Least concern |
| Morone saxatilis | (Walbaum, 1792) | Striped bass | Окунь смугастий | Euryhaline, introduced | Not evaluated |
| Family: Mullidae |||||||
| Mullus barbatus | Linnaeus, 1758 | Red mullet | Барабуля звичайна | Marine, native | Not evaluated |
| Family: Percidae |||||||
| Gymnocephalus acerina | Güldenstädt, 1774 | Donets ruffe | Носар | Freshwater, native | Least concern |
| Gymnocephalus baloni | Holcík & Hensel, 1974 | Balon's ruffe | Йорж дунайський | Freshwater, native | Least concern |
| Gymnocephalus cernua | Linnaeus, 1758 | Eurasian ruffe | Йорж звичайний | Freshwater, native | Least concern |
| Gymnocephalus schraetser | Linnaeus, 1758 | Schraetzer | Йорж смугастий | Freshwater, native | Least concern |
| Perca fluviatilis | Linnaeus, 1758 | European perch | Окунь звичайний | Freshwater, native | Least concern |
| Percarina demidoffii | Nordmann, 1840 | Common percarina | Сопач чорноморський | Brackishwater, native | Near threatened |
| Percarina maeotica | Kuznetsov, 1888 | Azov percarina | Сопач азовський | Brackishwater, native | Least concern |
| Sander lucioperca | (Linnaeus, 1758) | Zander | Судак звичайний | Freshwater, native | Least concern |
| Sander marinus | (Cuvier, 1828) | Estuarine perch | Судак морський | Brackishwater, native | Data deficient |
| Sander volgensis | (Gmelin, 1789) | Volga pikeperch | Судак волзький | Freshwater, native | Least concern |
| Zingel streber | (Siebold, 1863) | Streber | Чіп малий | Freshwater, native | Least concern |
| Zingel zingel | Linnaeus, 1766 | Common zingel | Чіп звичайний | Freshwater, native | Least concern |
| Family: Pomatomidae |||||||
| Pomatomus saltatrix | (Linnaeus, 1766) | Bluefish | Луфар | Marine, native | Not evaluated |
| Family: Sciaenidae |||||||
| Argyrosomus regius | Asso, 1801 | Meagre | Горбань сріблястий | Marine, native | Not evaluated |
| Sciaena umbra | (Linnaeus, 1758) | Brown meagre | Горбань темний | Marine, native | Not evaluated |
| Umbrina cirrosa | (Linnaeus, 1758) | Shi drum | Горбань світлий | Marine, native | Not evaluated |
| Family: Serranidae |||||||
| Serranus cabrilla | (Linnaeus, 1758) | Comber | Пильчак-ханос | Marine, native | Not evaluated |
| Serranus scriba | (Linnaeus, 1758) | Painted comber | Пильчак кам'яний | Marine, native | Not evaluated |
| Family: Sparidae |||||||
| Boops boops | (Linnaeus, 1758) | Bogue | Бопс великоокий | Marine, native | Not evaluated |
| Dentex dentex | (Linnaeus, 1758) | Common dentex | Зубань звичайний | Marine, native | Not evaluated |
| Diplodus annularis | (Linnaeus, 1758) | Annular seabream | Ласкир | Marine, native | Not evaluated |
| Diplodus puntazzo | Cetti, 1777 | Sharpsnout seabream | Зубарик | Marine, native | Not evaluated |
| Diplodus sargus | (Linnaeus, 1758) | Sargo | Сарг | Marine, native | Not evaluated |
| Pagellus erythrinus | (Linnaeus, 1758) | Common pandora | Пагель червоний | Marine, native | Not evaluated |
| Sarpa salpa | (Linnaeus, 1758) | Salema porgy | Сарпа | Marine, invasive? | Not evaluated |
| Sparus aurata | Linnaeus, 1758 | Gilt-head bream | Спар | Marine, invasive? | Not evaluated |
| Family: Sphyraenidae |||||||
| Sphyraena pinguis | (Günther, 1874) | Red barracuda | Баракуда червона | Marine, accidental | Not evaluated |
| Sphyraena sphyraena | (Linnaeus, 1758) | European barracuda | Баракуда європейська | Marine, native | Not evaluated |
| Family: Scombridae |||||||
| Sarda sarda | Bloch, 1793 | Atlantic bonito | Пеламіда атлантична | Marine, native | Least concern |
| Scomber colias | Gmelin, 1789 | Atlantic chub mackerel | Скумбрія середземноморська | Marine, native | Least concern |
| Scomber scombrus | Linnaeus, 1758 | Atlantic mackerel | Скумбрія атлантична | Marine, native | Least concern |
| Thunnus thynnus | (Linnaeus, 1758) | Atlantic bluefin tuna | Тунець блакитний | Marine, native | Endangered |
| Family: Xiphiidae |||||||
| Xiphias gladius | Linnaeus, 1758 | Swordfish | Риба-меч | Marine, native | Least concern |
| Family: Ammodytidae |||||||
| Gymnammodytes cicerelus | (Rafinesque, 1810) | Mediterranean sand eel | Піщанка стручкувата | Marine, native | Not evaluated |
| Family: Trachinidae |||||||
| Trachinus draco | Linnaeus, 1758 | Greater weever | Дракончик великий | Marine, native | Not evaluated |
| Family: Uranoscopidae |||||||
| Uranoscopus scaber | Linnaeus, 1758 | Atlantic stargazer | Зіркогляд звичайний | Marine, native | Not evaluated |
| Order: Pleuronectiformes |||||||
| Family: Scophthalmidae |||||||
| Scophthalmus maeoticus | (Pallas, 1814) | Black Sea turbot | Калкан чорноморський | Marine, native | Not evaluated |
| Scophthalmus rhombus | (Linnaeus, 1758) | Brill | Калкан гладенький | Marine, native | Not evaluated |
| Family: Bothidae |||||||
| Arnoglossus kessleri | (Schmidt, 1915) | Scaldback | Арноглось Кесслера | Marine, native | Data deficient |
| Family: Pleuronectidae |||||||
| Platichthys flesus | Linnaeus, 1758 | European flounder | Глось | Brackishwater, native | Least concern |
| Family: Soleidae |||||||
| Pegusa nasuta | (Pallas, 1814) | Blackhand sole | Морський язик носатий | Marine, native | Not evaluated |
| Order: Tetraodontiformes |||||||
| Family: Balistidae |||||||
| Balistes capriscus | (Gmelin, 1789) | Grey triggerfish | Спиноріг європейський | Marine, native | Not evaluated |