List of fish of the North Sea consists of 201 species, both indigenous, and also introduced, listed in systematic index. It includes 40 species of Chondrichthyes, three species of Agnatha, the other are bony fishes.[1]
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 | IUCN status | Image | |
| Ordo: Myxiniformes | ||||||
| Family: Myxinidae | ||||||
| Myxine glutinosa | Native | |||||
| Ordo: Petromyzontiformes | ||||||
| Family: Petromyzontidae | ||||||
| Lampetra fluviatilis | (Linnaeus, 1758) | Native | ||||
| Petromyzon marinus | Native | |||||
| Ordo: Chimaeriformes | ||||||
| Family: Chimaeridae | ||||||
| Chimaera monstrosa | Native | |||||
| Ordo: Squaliformes | ||||||
| Family: Somniosidae | ||||||
| Centroscymnus coelolepis | (du Bocage & Capello, 1864) | Native | ||||
| Centroselachus crepidater | (du Bocage & Capello, 1864) | Native | ||||
| Somniosus microcephalus | Bloch & Schneider, 1801 | Native | ||||
| Family: Centrophoridae | ||||||
| Centrophorus squamosus | (Bonnaterre, 1788) | Native | Vulnerable | |||
| Deania calcea | (Lowe, 1839) | Native | ||||
| Family: Dalatiidae | ||||||
| Dalatias licha | (Bonnaterre, 1788) | Native | ||||
| Family: Echinorhinidae | ||||||
| Echinorhinus brucus | (Bonnaterre, 1788) | Native | ||||
| Family: Etmopteridae | ||||||
| Etmopterus princeps | (Collett, 1904) | Native | ||||
| Etmopterus spinax | (Linnaeus, 1758) | Native | ||||
| Family: Squalidae | ||||||
| Squalus acanthias | Native | Vulnerable | ||||
| Ordo: Squatiniformes | ||||||
| Family: Squatinidae | ||||||
| Squatina squatina | (Linnaeus, 1758) | Native | ||||
| Ordo: Hexanchiformes | ||||||
| Family: Hexanchidae | ||||||
| Hexanchus griseus | (Bonnaterre, 1788) | Native | ||||
| Ordo: Lamniformes | ||||||
| Family: Alopiidae | ||||||
| Alopias vulpinus | (Bonnaterre, 1788) | Native | Vulnerable | |||
| Family: Cetorhinidae | ||||||
| Cetorhinus maximus | (Gunnerus, 1765) | Native | Vulnerable | |||
| Family: Lamnidae | ||||||
| Lamna nasus | (Bonnaterre, 1788) | Native | Vulnerable | |||
| Ordo: Carcharhiniformes | ||||||
| Family: Carcharhinidae | ||||||
| Galeorhinus galeus | (Linnaeus, 1758) | Native | Vulnerable | |||
| Prionace glauca | (Linnaeus, 1758) | Native | ||||
| Family: Triakidae | ||||||
| Mustelus asterias | Cloquet, 1821 | Native | ||||
| Family: Scyliorhinidae | ||||||
| Galeus melastomus | Rafinesque, 1810 | Native | ||||
| Scyliorhinus canicula | (Linnaeus, 1758) | Native | ||||
| Scyliorhinus stellaris | (Linnaeus, 1758) | Native | ||||
| Ordo: Torpediniformes | ||||||
| Family: Torpedinidae | ||||||
| Torpedo marmorata | Risso, 1810 | Native | ||||
| Torpedo nobiliana | Bonaparte, 1835 | Native | ||||
| Ordo: Rajiformes | ||||||
| Family: Rajidae | ||||||
| Amblyraja radiata | (Donovan, 1808) | Native | Vulnerable | |||
| Dipturus batis | (Linnaeus, 1758) | Native | ||||
| Dipturus linteus | (Fries, 1838) | Native | ||||
| Dipturus nidarosiensis | (Storm, 1881) | Native | ||||
| Dipturus oxyrinchus | (Linnaeus, 1758) | Native | ||||
| Leucoraja circularis | (Couch, 1838) | Native | Vulnerable | |||
| Leucoraja fullonica | (Linnaeus, 1758) | Native | ||||
| Leucoraja naevus | (Müller & Henle, 1841) | Native | ||||
| Raja brachyura | Lafont, 1871 | Native | ||||
| Raja clavata | Native | |||||
| Raja montagui | (Fowler, 1910) | Native | ||||
| Rajella fyllae | (Lütken, 1887) | Native | ||||
| Ordo: Myliobatiformes | ||||||
| Family: Dasyatidae | ||||||
| Dasyatis pastinaca | (Linnaeus, 1758) | Native | ||||
| Pteroplatytrygon violacea | (Bonaparte, 1832) | Native | ||||
| Myliobatis aquila | (Linnaeus, 1758) | Native | ||||
| Ordo: Acipenseriformes | ||||||
| Family: Acipenseridae | ||||||
| Acipenser sturio | Native | |||||
| Ordo: Anguilliformes | ||||||
| Family: Anguillidae | ||||||
| Anguilla anguilla | (Linnaeus, 1758) | Native | ||||
| Conger conger | (Linnaeus, 1758) | Native | ||||
| Nemichthys scolopaceus | Richardson, 1848 | Native | ||||
| Ordo: Clupeiformes | ||||||
| Family: Clupeidae | ||||||
| Alosa alosa | (Linnaeus, 1758) | Native | ||||
| Alosa fallax | Lacépède, 1800 | Native | ||||
| Clupea harengus | Native | |||||
| Engraulis encrasicolus | (Linnaeus, 1758) | Native | ||||
| Sardina pilchardus | (Walbaum, 1792) | Native | ||||
| Sprattus sprattus | (Linnaeus, 1758) | Native | ||||
| Ordo: Argentiniformes | ||||||
| Family: Argentinidae | ||||||
| Argentina silus | (Ascanius, 1775) | Native | ||||
| Argentina sphyraena | Native | |||||
| Ordo: Salmoniformes | ||||||
| Family: Salmonidae | ||||||
| Coregonus oxyrinchus | (Linnaeus, 1758) | Native | ||||
| Salmo salar | Native | |||||
| Salmo trutta | Native | |||||
| Salvelinus alpinus | (Linnaeus, 1758) | Native | ||||
| Ordo: Osmeriformes | ||||||
| Family: Osmeridae | ||||||
| Osmerus eperlanus | (Linnaeus, 1758) | Native | ||||
| Ordo: Ophidiiformes | ||||||
| Family: Carapidae | ||||||
| Echiodon drummondii | Thompson, 1837 | Native | ||||
| Ordo: Stomiiformes | ||||||
| Family: Sternoptychidae | ||||||
| Argyropelecus olfersii | (Cuvier, 1829) | Native | ||||
| Maurolicus muelleri | (Gmelin, 1789) | Native | ||||
| Ordo: Aulopiformes | ||||||
| Family: Paralepididae | ||||||
| Arctozenus risso | (Bonaparte, 1840) | Accidental | ||||
| Paralepis coregonoides | Risso, 1820 | Native | ||||
| Ordo: Myctophiformes | ||||||
| Family: Myctophidae | ||||||
| Benthosema glaciale | (Reinhardt, 1837) | Accidental | ||||
| Myctophum punctatum | Rafinesque, 1810 | Native | ||||
| Ordo: Gadiformes | ||||||
| Family: Gadidae | ||||||
| Gadiculus thori | Schmidt, 1913 | Native | ||||
| Gadus morhua | Native | Vulnerable | ||||
| Melanogrammus aeglefinus | (Linnaeus, 1758) | Native | Vulnerable | |||
| Merlangius merlangus | (Linnaeus, 1758) | Native | ||||
| Micromesistius poutassou | (Risso, 1827) | Native | ||||
| Pollachius pollachius | (Linnaeus, 1758) | Native | ||||
| Pollachius virens | (Linnaeus, 1758) | Native | ||||
| Raniceps raninus | (Linnaeus, 1758) | Native | ||||
| Trisopterus esmarkii | Nilsson, 1855 | Native | ||||
| Trisopterus luscus | (Linnaeus, 1758) | Native | ||||
| Trisopterus minutus | (Linnaeus, 1758) | Native | ||||
| Family: Lotidae | ||||||
| Brosme brosme | (Ascanius, 1772) | Native | ||||
| Ciliata mustela | (Linnaeus, 1758) | Native | ||||
| Ciliata septentrionalis | (Collett, 1875) | Native | ||||
| Enchelyopus cimbrius | (Linnaeus, 1766) | Native | ||||
| Gaidropsarus mediterraneus | (Linnaeus, 1758) | Native | ||||
| Gaidropsarus vulgaris | (Cloquet, 1824) | Native | ||||
| Molva dypterygia | (Pennant, 1784) | Native | ||||
| Molva molva | (Linnaeus, 1758) | Native | ||||
| Coryphaenoides rupestris | Gunnerus, 1765 | Native | ||||
| Family: Merlucciidae | ||||||
| Merluccius merluccius | (Linnaeus, 1758) | Native | ||||
| Family: Phycidae | ||||||
| Phycis blennoides | (Brünnich, 1768) | Native | ||||
| Ordo: Lampriformes | ||||||
| Family: Lampridae | ||||||
| Lampris guttatus | (Brünnich, 1788) | Native | ||||
| Family: Regalecidae | ||||||
| Regalecus glesne | Ascanius, 1772 | Native | ||||
| Family: Trachipteridae | ||||||
| Trachipterus arcticus | (Brünnich, 1788) | Accidental | ||||
| Ordo: Lophiiformes | ||||||
| Family: Lophiidae | ||||||
| Lophius budegassa | Spinola, 1807 | Native | ||||
| Lophius piscatorius | Native | |||||
| Ordo: Atheriniformes | ||||||
| Family: Atherinidae | ||||||
| Atherina boyeri | Risso, 1810 | |||||
| Atherina presbyter | Cuvier, 1829 | Native | ||||
| Ordo: Beloniformes | ||||||
| Family: Belonidae | ||||||
| Belone belone | (Linnaeus, 1761) | Native | ||||
| Family: Scomberesocidae | ||||||
| Scomberesox saurus | (Walbaum, 1792) | Native | ||||
| Family: Exocoetidae | ||||||
| Cheilopogon heterurus | (Rafinesque, 1810) | Native | ||||
| Ordo: Gasterosteiformes | ||||||
| Family: Gasterosteidae | ||||||
| Gasterosteus aculeatus | (Linnaeus, 1758) | Native | ||||
| Spinachia spinachia | (Linnaeus, 1758) | Native | ||||
| Ordo: Syngnathiformes | ||||||
| Family: Centriscidae | ||||||
| Macroramphosus scolopax | (Linnaeus, 1758) | Native | ||||
| Family: Syngnathidae | ||||||
| Entelurus aequoreus | (Linnaeus, 1758) | Native | ||||
| Nerophis lumbriciformis | (Jenyns, 1835) | Native | ||||
| Nerophis ophidion | (Linnaeus, 1758) | Native | ||||
| Syngnathus acus | Native | |||||
| Syngnathus rostellatus | Nilsson, 1855 | Native | ||||
| Syngnathus typhle | Native | |||||
| Hippocampus hippocampus | (Linnaeus, 1758) | Native | ||||
| Ordo: Cypriniformes | ||||||
| Family: Cyprinidae | ||||||
| Aspius aspius | Accidental | |||||
| Ordo: Scorpaeniformes | ||||||
| Family: Agonidae | ||||||
| Agonus cataphractus | (Linnaeus, 1758) | Native | ||||
| Family: Cottidae | ||||||
| Artediellus atlanticus | Jordan & Evermann, 1898 | Native | ||||
| Icelus bicornis | (Reinhardt, 1840) | Native | ||||
| Taurulus bubalis | (Euphrasén, 1786) | Native | ||||
| Micrenophrys lilljeborgii | (Collett, 1875) | Native | ||||
| Myoxocephalus scorpius | (Linnaeus, 1758) | Native | ||||
| Family: Cyclopteridae | ||||||
| Cyclopterus lumpus | Native | |||||
| Family: Triglidae | ||||||
| Aspitrigla cuculus | (Linnaeus, 1758) | Native | ||||
| Chelidonichthys lucerna | (Linnaeus, 1758) | Native | ||||
| Eutrigla gurnardus | (Linnaeus, 1758) | Native | ||||
| Trigla lyra | Native | |||||
| Trigloporus lastoviza | (Bonnaterre, 1788) | Native | ||||
| Family: Liparidae | ||||||
| Careproctus reinhardti | (Krøyer, 1862) | Native | ||||
| Liparis liparis | (Linnaeus, 1766) | Native | ||||
| Liparis montagui | (Donovan, 1804) | Native | ||||
| Family: Sebastidae | ||||||
| Helicolenus dactylopterus | Delaroche, 1809 | Native | ||||
| Sebastes mentella | Travin, 1951 | Native | ||||
| Sebastes norvegicus | (Ascanius, 1772) | Native | ||||
| Sebastes viviparus | Krøyer, 1845 | Native | ||||
| Triglops murrayi | Günther, 1888 | Native | ||||
| Ordo: Perciformes | ||||||
| Family: Mugilidae | ||||||
| Chelon labrosus | (Risso, 1827) | Native | ||||
| Liza aurata | (Risso, 1810) | Native | ||||
| Liza ramada | (Risso, 1827) | Native | ||||
| Family: Bramidae | ||||||
| Brama brama | (Bonnaterre, 1788) | Native | ||||
| Taractes asper | Lowe, 1843 | Native | ||||
| Pterycombus brama | Fries, 1837 | Native | ||||
| Family: Moronidae | ||||||
| Dicentrarchus labrax | (Linnaeus, 1758) | Native | ||||
| Family: Mullidae | ||||||
| Mullus barbatus | Native | |||||
| Mullus surmuletus | Native | |||||
| Family: Sciaenidae | ||||||
| Argyrosomus regius | (Asso, 1801) | Native | ||||
| Family: Sparidae | ||||||
| Boops boops | Native | |||||
| Dentex maroccanus | Valenciennes, 1830 | Native | ||||
| Pagellus acarne | (Risso, 1827) | Native | ||||
| Pagellus bogaraveo | (Brünnich, 1768) | Native | ||||
| Pagellus erythrinus | (Linnaeus, 1758) | Native | ||||
| Sarpa salpa | (Linnaeus, 1758) | Native | ||||
| Sparus aurata | (Linnaeus, 1758) | Native | ||||
| Spondyliosoma cantharus | (Linnaeus, 1758) | Native | ||||
| Family: Echeneidae | ||||||
| Remora remora | (Linnaeus, 1758) | Native | ||||
| Family: Carangidae | ||||||
| Naucrates ductor | (Linnaeus, 1758) | Native | ||||
| Trachinotus ovatus | (Linnaeus, 1758) | Native | ||||
| Trachurus trachurus | (Linnaeus, 1758) | Native | ||||
| Family: Gobiidae | ||||||
| Aphia minuta | (Risso, 1810) | Native | ||||
| Buenia jeffreysii | (Günther, 1867) | Native | ||||
| Crystallogobius linearis | (de Düben, 1845) | Native | ||||
| Gobius niger | Native | |||||
| Gobiusculus flavescens | (Fabricius, 1779) | Native | ||||
| Lesueurigobius friesii | (Malm, 1874) | Native | ||||
| Neogobius melanostomus | (Pallas, 1814) | Introduced[2] | ||||
| Pomatoschistus lozanoi | (F. de Buen, 1923) | Native | ||||
| Pomatoschistus microps | (Krøyer, 1838) | Native | ||||
| Pomatoschistus minutus | (Pallas, 1770) | Native | ||||
| Pomatoschistus pictus | (Malm, 1865) | Native | ||||
| Thorogobius ephippiatus | (R. T. Lowe, 1839) | Native | ||||
| Family: Blenniidae | ||||||
| Lipophrys pholis | (Linnaeus, 1758) | Native | ||||
| Family: Stichaeidae | ||||||
| Chirolophis ascanii | (Walbaum, 1792) | Native | ||||
| Leptoclinus maculatus | (Fries, 1838) | Native | ||||
| Lumpenus lampretaeformis | (Walbaum, 1792) | Native | ||||
| Family: Pholidae | ||||||
| Pholis gunnellus | (Linnaeus, 1758) | Native | ||||
| Family: Zoarcidae | ||||||
| Lycodes vahlii | Reinhardt, 1831 | Accidental | ||||
| Zoarces viviparus | (Linnaeus, 1758) | Native | ||||
| Family: Callionymidae | ||||||
| Callionymus lyra | Native | |||||
| Callionymus maculatus | Rafinesque, 1810 | Native | ||||
| Callionymus reticulatus | Valenciennes, 1837 | Native | ||||
| Family: Labridae | ||||||
| Centrolabrus exoletus | (Linnaeus, 1758) | Native | ||||
| Coris julis | (Linnaeus, 1758) | Native | ||||
| Ctenolabrus rupestris | (Linnaeus, 1758) | Native | ||||
| Labrus bergylta | Ascanius, 1767 | Native | ||||
| Labrus mixtus | Native | |||||
| Symphodus melops | (Linnaeus, 1758) | Native | ||||
| Family: Scombridae | ||||||
| Euthynnus alletteratus | (Rafinesque, 1810) | Native | ||||
| Katsuwonus pelamis | (Linnaeus, 1758) | Native | ||||
| Orcynopsis unicolor | (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817) | Native | ||||
| Sarda sarda | (Bloch, 1793) | Native | ||||
| Scomber scombrus | Native | |||||
| Thunnus thynnus | (Linnaeus, 1758) | Native | ||||
| Family: Xiphiidae | ||||||
| Xiphias gladius | Native | |||||
| Family: Ammodytidae | ||||||
| Ammodytes marinus | Raitt, 1934 | Native | ||||
| Ammodytes tobianus | Native | |||||
| Gymnammodytes semisquamatus | (Jourdain, 1879) | Native | ||||
| Hyperoplus immaculatus | (Corbin, 1950) | Native | ||||
| Hyperoplus lanceolatus | (Le Sauvage, 1824) | Native | ||||
| Family: Anarhichadidae | ||||||
| Anarhichas lupus | Native | |||||
| Family: Trachinidae | ||||||
| Echiichthys vipera | (Cuvier, 1829) | Native | ||||
| Trachinus draco | Native | |||||
| Ordo: Pleuronectiformes | ||||||
| Family: Bothidae | ||||||
| Arnoglossus laterna | (Walbaum, 1792) | Native | ||||
| Family: Pleuronectidae | ||||||
| Glyptocephalus cynoglossus | (Linnaeus, 1758) | Native | ||||
| Hippoglossoides platessoides | (O. Fabricius, 1780) | Native | ||||
| Hippoglossus hippoglossus | (Linnaeus, 1758) | Native | ||||
| Limanda limanda | (Linnaeus, 1758) | Native | ||||
| Microstomus kitt | (Walbaum, 1792) | Native | ||||
| Platichthys flesus | (Linnaeus, 1758) | Native | ||||
| Pleuronectes platessa | (Linnaeus, 1758) | Native | ||||
| Family: Scophthalmidae | ||||||
| Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis | (Walbaum, 1792) | Native | ||||
| Phrynorhombus norvegicus | (Günther, 1862) | Native | ||||
| Scophthalmus maximus | (Linnaeus, 1758) | Native | ||||
| Scophthalmus rhombus | (Linnaeus, 1758) | Native | ||||
| Zeugopterus punctatus | (Bloch, 1787) | Native | ||||
| Family: Soleidae | ||||||
| Buglossidium luteum | (Risso, 1810) | Native | ||||
| Microchirus variegatus | (Donovan, 1808) | Native | ||||
| Solea solea | (Linnaeus, 1758) | Native | ||||
| Ordo: Tetraodontiformes | ||||||
| Family: Molidae | ||||||
| Mola mola | (Linnaeus, 1758) | Native | ||||
| Ranzania laevis | (Pennant, 1776) | Native | ||||
| Ordo: Beryciformes | ||||||
| Family: Berycidae | ||||||
| Beryx decadactylus | (Cuvier, 1829) | Native | ||||
| Ordo: Zeiformes | ||||||
| Family: Caproidae | ||||||
| Capros aper | (Linnaeus, 1758) | Native | ||||
| Family: Zeidae | ||||||
| Zeus faber | (Linnaeus, 1758) | Native |