Thunnus thynnus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Iftime, Alexandru & Oţel, Vasile, 2025, An annotated systematical checklist of the Romanian ichthyofauna, Zootaxa 5654 (1), pp. 1-64 : 29-30

Thunnus thynnus (Linnaeus, 1758)

A native, marine species, formerly found sporadically offshore in Romanian waters ( CărăuȘu, 1952; Bănărescu 1964; Vasil’eva 2007; Oțel 2007; Cocan & MireȘan 2018), but the population that used to migrate into the Black Sea vanished in the 1980s ( MacKenzie & Mariani 2012).

ORD. ANABANTIFORMES

Fam. Osphronemidae

Subfam. Macropodusinae

Macropodus opercularis (Linnaeus, 1758)

A non-native freshwater species, released into thermal waters (Băile Felix and Pețea, Bihor county) from aquaria; there are indications of reproduction and multi-year persistence in Băile Felix ( Iftime & Iftime 2021, and literature quoted therein).

Subfam. Trichogastrinae

Trichopodus trichopterus (Pallas, 1770)

A non-native freshwater species, released into thermal waters (Băile Felix and Pețea, Bihor county) from aquaria; there are indications of reproduction and multi-year persistence in Băile Felix ( Iftime & Iftime 2021, and literature quoted therein).

ORD. CARANGIFORMES

Fam. Scophthalmidae

Scophthalmus maeoticus (Pallas, 1814)

A native marine species, found along all Romanian Black Sea waters ( Bănărescu 1964; Oțel 2007 [as Psetta maeotica ]; Vasil’eva 2007; Radu et al. 2008 [as Psetta maxima maeotica ]; Maximov & Zaharia 2010 [as Psetta maxima maeotica ]; Yankova et al. 2014 [as both Psetta maxima and Scophthalmus maeoticus ]; Țoțoiu et al. 2018 [as Psetta maxima ]; Cocan & MireȘan 2018; Maximov et al. 2019 [as Psetta maxima maeotica ]; Niță et al. 2022).