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 |
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