Salema
Sarpa salpa
Category: Reef Fish
IUCN Conservation Status: LC - Least Concern - species is widespread and abundant, not currently at risk of extinction
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Eupercaria incertae sedis
- Family
- Sparidae
- Genus
- Sarpa
Where to Find
Found in 23 diving areas across 10 countries and 2 regions.
- Cape Town & Western Cape, South Africa - 1229 records
- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - 19 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 62 records
- Istria Peninsula, Croatia - 50 records
- Kornati Islands, Croatia - 258 records
- Split & Central Dalmatia, Croatia - 251 records
- Vis & Biševo, Croatia - 258 records
- Corsica, France - 111 records
- Marseille & Calanques, France - 16 records
- Halkidiki, Greece - 23 records
- Zakynthos & Ionian Islands, Greece - 5 records
- Portofino & Liguria, Italy - 103 records
- Sardinia, Italy - 78 records
- Ustica, Italy - 184 records
- Comino, Malta - 370 records
- Gozo, Malta - 368 records
- Malta Island, Malta - 368 records
- Azores, Portugal - 318 records
- Balearic Islands, Spain - 11 records
- Cabo de Palos, Spain - 9 records
- Canary Islands, Spain - 123 records
- Tabarka, Tunisia - 29 records
- Bodrum, Turkey - 1 records