Fishes of Black Sea

Fishes of Black Sea. Length: 20 cm and bigger. Weight: 2 g and bigger. Type of fins: fins with rays

Black-striped pipefish

syngnathus abaster
Blackstripe pipefish

Length: up to 21 cm.

Weight: up to 3 g.

Blotched picarel

spicara maena

Length: up to 21 cm.

Weight: up to 183 g.

Flatsnout goby

neogobius platyrostris
Ginger goby, Guban goby

Length: up to 23 cm.

Weight: up to 121 g.

Ratan goby

neogobius ratan
Caspian ratan goby

Length: up to 23 cm.

Weight: up to 90 g.

Rusty blenny

parablennius sanguinolentus
Black Sea blenny

Length: up to 23 cm.

Weight: up to 98 g.

Small red scorpionfish

scorpaena notata
Red scorpionfish, Rockfish, Small red scorpion fish

Length: up to 24 cm.

Weight: up to 242 g.

European pilchard

sardina pilchardus
Pilchard, Sardine, True sardine

Length: up to 25 cm.

Weight: up to 128 g.

Mediterranean rainbow wrasse

coris julis
African rainbow wrasse, Mediterranean rainbowfish, Rainbow wrasse, Wrasse

Length: up to 25 cm.

Weight: up to 298 g.

Grass goby

gobius ophiocephalus

Length: up to 25 cm.

Weight: up to 244 g.

Pinchuk's goby

neogobius cephalargoides

Length: up to 25 cm.

Weight: up to 179 g.

Round goby

neogobius melanostomus
Black spotted goby, Caspian round goby, Ginger goby

Length: up to 25 cm.

Weight: up to 250 g.

Syrman goby

neogobius syrman
Caspian syrman goby

Length: up to 25 cm.

Weight: up to 120 g.

Giant goby

gobius cobitis

Length: up to 27 cm.

Weight: up to 41 g.

Caspian shad

alosa caspia
Il'men shad, Shad

Length: up to 28 cm.

Weight: up to 220 g.

Straightnose pipefish

nerophis ophidion
Straight-nosed pipe-fish, Straight-nosed pipefish

Length: up to 30 cm.

Weight: up to 24 g.

Round sardinella

sardinella aurita
Bang, Black sprat, False sardine, Fry-dry, Gilt sardine, Golden Sardine, Pilchard, Round sardines, Sardinella, Spanish sardine, Striped sardinella

Length: up to 30 cm.

Weight: up to 420 g.

Roche's snake blenny

ophidian rochei

Length: up to 30 cm.

Weight: up to 106 g.

Common dragonet

callionymus lyra
Dragonet

Length: up to 30 cm.

Weight: up to 131 g.

Blunt-snouted mullet

mullus barbatus
Red mullet, Striped goatfish, Striped mullet

Length: up to 30 cm.

Weight: up to 680 g.

Saddled seabream

oblada melanura
Saddle bream, Saddled bream

Length: up to 30 cm.

Weight: up to 525 g.

Tompot blenny

parablennius gattorugine

Length: up to 30 cm.

Weight: up to 363 g.

Black scorpionfish

scorpaena porcus
Black scorpion fish, Black scorpion-fish, European scorpionfish, Rascasse, Sea pig, Sea scorpion, Small-scaled scorpion fish, Small-scaled scorpionfish, Smallscaled scorpion-fish, Smallscaled scorpionfish

Length: up to 31 cm.

Weight: up to 870 g.

Azov shad

alosa maeotica
Black Sea shad, Black sea shad

Length: up to 33 cm.

Weight: up to 331 g.

Annular bream

diplodus annularis
Annular sea bream, Annular seabream

Length: up to 33 cm.

Weight: up to 330 g.

Thickback sole

microchirus variegatus
Bastard sole, Lucky sole, Variegated sole

Length: up to 33 cm.

Weight: up to 416 g.

Thickly snouted pipefish

syngnathus variegatus

Length: up to 35 cm.

Weight: up to 30 g.

Pontic shad

alosa immaculata
Black Sea herring, Black Sea shad, Kerch black sea shad, Kerch shad, Spotless shad

Length: up to 35 cm.

Weight: up to 1 kg.

Atlantic stargazer

uranoscopus scaber
Stargazer

Length: up to 35 cm.

Weight: up to 940 g.

Knout goby

mesogobius batrachocephalus
Toad goby

Length: up to 35 cm.

Weight: up to 600 g.

Blackhand sole

solea nasuta
Snouted sole

Length: up to 35 cm.

Weight: up to 139 g.

Bogue

boops boops

Length: up to 36 cm.

Weight: up to 455 g.

Painted comber

serranus scriba
Pointed comber

Length: up to 36 cm.

Weight: up to 526 g.

Broadnosed pipefish

syngnathus typhle
Broad-nosed pipefish, Deep snouted ninefish, Deep-snouted pipefish, High-snouted pipefish, Snouted pipefish

Length: up to 37 cm.

Weight: up to 23 g.

Leaping mullet

chelon saliens
Leaping gray mullet, Leaping grey mullet, Sharpnose mullet, Small mullet

Length: up to 40 cm.

Weight: up to 1 kg.

Greater weever

trachinus draco
Greater weaver, Greater weever fish

Length: up to 40 cm.

Weight: up to 1.9 kg.

Striped red mullet

mullus surmuletus
Red mullet, Red stripped mullet, Striped mullet, Surmullet, Woodcock of the sea

Length: up to 40 cm.

Weight: up to 1 kg.

Comber

serranus cabrilla
Channos, Gaper, Garrupa, Learned rockfich

Length: up to 40 cm.

Weight: up to 555 g.

Narrow-snouted pipefish

syngnathus tenuirostris

Length: up to 41 cm.

Weight: up to 35 g.

East Atlantic peacock wrasse

crenilabrus tinca
Peacock wrasse, Rainbow wrasse

Length: up to 44 cm.

Weight: up to 924 g.

Blacktail bream

diplodus vulgaris
Common two-banded sea bream, Common two-banded seabream, Twoband bream

Length: up to 45 cm.

Weight: up to 1.3 kg.

Greater pipefish

syngnathus acus
Common pipefish, Great pipefish, Greater pipe-fish, Longsnout pipefish

Length: up to 46 cm.

Weight: up to 54 g.

Salema porgy

sarpa salpa
Gold line, Goldline, Salpa, Saupe, Strepie

Length: up to 46 cm.

Weight: up to 1.909 kg.

Green wrasse

labrus viridis

Length: up to 47 cm.

Weight: up to 1.104 kg.

European flounder

platichthys flesus
Baltic flounder, Butt, Flounder, Fluke, Mediterranean flounder, Mud flounder, River flounder, White fluke

Length: up to 48 cm.

Weight: up to 2.9 kg.

Obtuse barracuda

sphyraena obtusata
Blunt barracuda, Blunt-jawed seapike, Bluntjaw sea pike, Dark-finned sea-pike, Green-and-gold sea-pike, Highfin barracuda, Pike, Pygmy barracuda, Sennit, Striped barracuda, Striped sea pike, Striped sea-pike, Striped seapike, Striped seaspike, Stripped barracuda, Yellow-tail, Yellowstriped barracuda, Yellowtail, Yellowtail sennit

Length: up to 50 cm.

Weight: up to 803 g.

Brown barracuda

sphyraena pinguis
Good salmon, Little barracuda, Obtuse barracuda, Pygmy barracuda, Red barracuda

Length: up to 50 cm.

Weight: up to 653 g.

Blue whiting

micromesistius poutassou
Couch's whiting, Poutassou

Length: up to 50 cm.

Weight: up to 830 g.

Shore rockling

gaidropsarus mediterraneus

Length: up to 50 cm.

Weight: up to 450 g.

Flying gurnard

dactylopterus volitans
Batfish, Flying gurdnard, Flying Gurnard, Helmet gurnard

Length: up to 50 cm.

Weight: up to 1.8 kg.

Red gurnard

aspitrigla cuculus
East Atlantic red gurnard, Soldier

Length: up to 50 cm.

Weight: up to 3.368 kg.

Atlantic chub mackerel

scomber colias
Atlantic Chub Mackerel

Length: up to 50 cm.

Weight: up to 1.447 kg.

Blacktail

diplodus sargus
White sea bream, White seabream

Length: up to 50 cm.

Weight: up to 1.9 kg.

Golden grey mullet

chelon auratus
Golden mullet, Long-finned grey mullet

Length: up to 52 cm.

Weight: up to 2.5 kg.

Mediterranean horse mackerel

trachurus mediterraneus
Black Sea horse mackerel, Common scad, Horse mackerel, Mediterranean scad, Scad

Length: up to 55 cm.

Weight: up to 1.597 kg.

Sand steenbras

lithognathus mormyrus
Striped sea bream, Striped seabream

Length: up to 55 cm.

Weight: up to 2.167 kg.

Twait shad

alosa fallax
Killarney shad, Shad, Twaite, Twaite shad

Length: up to 56 cm.

Weight: up to 1.5 kg.

Grey gurnard

eutrigla gumardus

Length: up to 60 cm.

Weight: up to 956 g.

Atlantic mackerel

scomber scombrus
Joey, Mackerel, Split

Length: up to 60 cm.

Weight: up to 3.4 kg.

Pilot fish

naucrates ductor
Pilot-fish, Pilotfish, Sucker

Length: up to 60 cm.

Weight: up to 3.6 kg.

Atlantic horse mackerel

trachurus trachurus
Blue mackarel, Common scad, European horse mackerel, Horse mackerel, Horse-mackerel, Pollock, Scad, Western horse mackerel

Length: up to 60 cm.

Weight: up to 2 kg.

Puntazzo

diplodus puntazzo
Sharpsnout sea bream, Sharpsnout seabream, Sheephead bream

Length: up to 60 cm.

Weight: up to 1.7 kg.

Common pandora

pagellus erythrinus
Becker, King of the breams, Pandora, Red pandora, Spanish sea bream

Length: up to 60 cm.

Weight: up to 3.2 kg.

Black seabream

spondyliosoma cantharus
Black bream, Black sea bream, Black sea-bream, Old wife

Length: up to 60 cm.

Weight: up to 1.2 kg.

Bullet tuna

auxis rochei
Blow goat, Bullet Mackerel, Bullet mackerel, Bullet-tuna, Corseletted frigate mackerel, Corsetted frigate mackerel, Firgate tuna, Frigate mackerel, Frigate tuna, Long corseletted frigate mackerel, Mackerel tuna, Maru frigate mackerel

Length: up to 61 cm.

Weight: up to 3 kg.

Grey triggerfish

balistes capriscus
Common triggerfish, Cucuyo, Filefish, Gray triggerfish, Leatherjacket, Pig-faced, Trigger fish, Triggerfish, Turbot

Length: up to 61 cm.

Weight: up to 6.2 kg.

Estuarine perch

sander marinus
Sea pikeperch, Sea zander

Length: up to 62 cm.

Weight: up to 2 kg.

John Dory

zeus faber
Atlantic John dory, Doorkeeper's fish, Doree, Gallocristo, Girti, Keparu, Saint Pierre, St. Peter's fish

Length: up to 66 cm.

Weight: up to 8 kg.

Thinlip mullet

chelon ramada
Grey mullet, Haarder, Mowel, Thin-lipped grey mullet, Thinlip grey mullet

Length: up to 70 cm.

Weight: up to 2.9 kg.

Brown trout

salmo trutta
Blacktail, Brook trout, Brownie, Finnock, Galway sea trout, Gillaroo, Herling, Hirling, Loch leven trout, Orange fin, Orkney sea trout, Peal, Salmon trout, Sea trout, Sea-trout, Sewin, Trout, Whiting, Whitling

Length: up to 70 cm.

Weight: up to 20 kg.

Merlangius

merlangius merlangus
English whiting, European whiting, Whiting

Length: up to 70 cm.

Weight: up to 3.1 kg.

Brown meagre

sciaena umbra
Corb

Length: up to 70 cm.

Weight: up to 4.1 kg.

Gilt-head bream

sparus aurata
Gilt head, Gilt head bream, Gilt-head seabream, Gilthead, Gilthead bream, Gilthead seabream, Silver seabream, Snapper

Length: up to 70 cm.

Weight: up to 17.2 kg.

Brill

scophthalmus rhombus

Length: up to 75 cm.

Weight: up to 8 kg.

Tub gurnard

chelidonichthys lucemus

Length: up to 82 cm.

Weight: up to 6.6 kg.

Black Sea brill

scophthalmus maeoticus
Black Sea turbot

Length: up to 85 cm.

Weight: up to 1.286 kg.

Thicklip grey mullet

chelon labrosus
Grey mullet, Lesser grey mullet, Thichlip mullet, Thick lipped mullet, Thick-lipped grey mullet, Thick-lipped mullet

Length: up to 90 cm.

Weight: up to 4.5 kg.

Atlantic bonito

sarda sarda
Atlantic Bonito, Belted bonito, Bloater, Bone jack, Boston mackerel, Common bonito, Horse mackerel, Pelamid, Short finned tunny, Skipjack, Stripe-backed pelamis

Length: up to 90 cm.

Weight: up to 11 kg.

Garfish

belone belone
Gar-fish, Garpike, Greenbone, Hornfish

Length: up to 94 cm.

Weight: up to 1.4 kg.

So-iuy mullet

planiliza haematocheilus
Haarder, Redlip mullet, Russian grey mullet, So-iny mullet

Length: up to 1 m.

Weight: up to 5 kg.

Flathead grey mullet

mugil cephalus
Black mullet, Black true mullet, Bright mullet, Bully, Bully mullet, Callifaver mullet, Common grey mullet, Common mullet, Flat-head grey mullet, Flathead greymullet, Flathead mullet, Gray mullet, Grey mullet, Haarder, Hardgut mullet, Hardgut river mullet, Longaram mullet, Mangrove mullet, Mullet, Poddies, Poddy mullet, River mullet, Sand mullet, Sea mullet, Springer, Striped mullet, Stripped mullet, Yellow-tailed mullet

Length: up to 1 m.

Weight: up to 12 kg.

Black-bellied angler

lophius budegassa
Blackbellied angler, European anglerfish, White angler fish

Length: up to 1 m.

Weight: up to 10.965 kg.

Little tunny

euthynnus alletteratus
Atlantic black skipjack, Atlantic little tuna, Atlantic little tunny, Bonito, False albacore, Little tuna, Little Tunny, Tuna

Length: up to 1 m.

Weight: up to 16.5 kg.

European seabass

dicentrarchus labrax
Bass, Capemouth, Common bass, European bass, King of the mullets, Sea bass, Sea dace, Sea perch, White mullet, White salmon

Length: up to 1 m.

Weight: up to 12 kg.

Common dentex

dentex dentex
Dentex

Length: up to 1 m.

Weight: up to 14.3 kg.

Live sharksucker

echeneis naucrates
Australian remora, Common remora, Gapu, Live shark-sucker, Live Sharksucker, Remora, Shark remora, Slender sharksucker, Slender suckerfish, Slender sucking fish, Striped suckerfish, Suckerfish, Sucking fish, White tailed remore, White-tailed remora

Length: up to 1 m.

Weight: up to 2.3 kg.

Cornish salmon

merluccius merluccius
European hake, Hake, Herring hake

Length: up to 1.2 m.

Weight: up to 15 kg.

Bluefish

pomatomus saltatrix
Ancho, Bailey leaf, Big cinekop, Big lufer, Blue fish, Boston bluefish, Choppers, Elf, Fatback, Greenfish, Horsemackerel, Jumbos, Marine piranha, Razorbacks, Salmon bluefish, Shad, Skipjack, Skipmackerel, Snap mackerel, Snapping mackerel, Tailor, Tailor run, Yellow wing

Length: up to 1.2 m.

Weight: up to 14.4 kg.

Croaker

argyrosomus regius
Meagre, Salmon bass, Shadefish

Length: up to 1.4 m.

Weight: up to 103 kg.

Bearded umbrine

umbrina cirrosa
Corb, Gurbell, Sea crow, Shi drum

Length: up to 1.5 m.

Weight: up to 11.1 kg.

Barracuda

sphyraena sphyraena
European barracuda, Mediterranean barracuda, Striped barracuda

Length: up to 1.6 m.

Weight: up to 3.6 kg.

European eel

anguilla anguilla
Common eel, Eel, River eel, Silver eel, Sing eel, Weed eel, Yellow eel

Length: up to 2 m.

Weight: up to 6 kg.

Angler

lophius piscatorius
Angler fish, Anglerfish, Monk, Monkfish

Length: up to 2 m.

Weight: up to 57.7 kg.

Striped bass

morone saxatilis
Linesider, Roccus, Rock, Rockfish, Striped sea bass, Striped sea-bass, Striper bass

Length: up to 2 m.

Weight: up to 57 kg.

Silver scabbardfish

lepidopus caudatus
Buttersnoek, Frostfish, Hairtail, Ribbonfish, Scabbard fish, Scabbardfish, Silver scabbard fish, Southern frostfish

Length: up to 2.05 m.

Weight: up to 8 kg.

Bastard sturgeon

acipenser nudiventris
Barbel sturgeon, Bastard Sturgeon, Fringebarbel sturgeon, Ship, Ship Sturgeon, Ship sturgeon, Spiny sturgeon, Thorn Sturgeon, Thorn sturgeon

Length: up to 2.2 m.

Weight: up to 80 kg.

Starry sturgeon

acipenser stellatus
Sevruga, Star sturgeon, Stellate sturgeon, Stellate Sturgeon

Length: up to 2.2 m.

Weight: up to 80 kg.

Persian sturgeon

acipenser persicus

Length: up to 2.5 m.

Weight: up to 30 kg.

Russian sturgeon

acipenser gueldenstaedtii
Azov-Black sea sturgeon, Danube sturgeon, Kura sturgeon, Osetr, Persian sturgeon

Length: up to 3 m.

Weight: up to 115 kg.

European conger

conger conger
Conger, Conger eel, Congers, Eel, Sea eel

Length: up to 3 m.

Weight: up to 110 kg.

Atlantic bluefin tuna

thunnus thynnus
Blue fin tuna, Blue-fin tunny, Bluefin Tuna, Bluefin tuna, Bluefin tunny, Northern bluefin tuna, Southern bluefin tuna, Squid hound

Length: up to 3 m.

Weight: up to 684 kg.

European sea sturgeon

acipenser sturio
Atlantic sturgeon, Baltic sturgeon, Common sturgeon, European sturgeon, Sea sturgeon, Sturgeon

Length: up to 6 m.

Weight: up to 400 kg.

Beluga (sturgeon)

huso huso
European Sturgeon, European sturgeon, Giant sturgeon, Giant Sturgeon, Great Sturgeon, Great sturgeon, Russian sturgeon

Length: up to 6 m.

Weight: up to 1.5 t.

Swordfish

xiphias gladius
Broad-bill sword-fish, Broadbill, Broadbill swordfish, Marlin, Sword fish, Sword-fish

Length: up to 6 m.

Weight: up to 650 kg.