Mare Nostrum · Seagrass
Selama Porgy
Sarpa Salpa
la Saupe
Least ConcernWidespread and abundant; no immediate threat of extinction.
The salema porgy (Sarpa salpa), also known as the dreamfish, salema, cow bream, karanteen, salpa, saupe, strepie or goldline, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Sparidae, which includes the seabreams and porgies. It is the only species in the monospecific genus Sarpa. It is found in the eastern Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea and southwestern Indian Ocean.
Whole MediterraneanNortheast Atlantic & North SeaCanary Islands & Macaronesia
Taxonomy
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassActinopterygii
- OrderAcanthuriformes
- FamilySparidae
- GenusSarpa
- SpeciesSarpa Salpa
Specimen metrics
- Max length
- 30 cm
- Max weight
- 1 kg
- Lifespan
- 10 yrs
- Depth range
- 1–50 m
- Habitat
- Seagrass meadows
- Distribution
- Mediterranean, Northeast Atlantic, Canary Islands
- Diet
- herbivourus
Bathymetry
Epipelagic
Sunlight · 0 m
Mesopelagic
Twilight · 200 m
Bathypelagic
Midnight · 1,000 m
Abyssopelagic
Abyss · 4,000 m
Curiosities
Sarpa salpa became widely known for its ichthyoallyeinotoxic effects following widely publicized articles in 2006, when two men ingested it at a Mediterranean restaurant and began to experience many auditory and visual hallucinogenic effects. These hallucinations, described as frightening, were reported to have occurred two hours after the fish was ingested and had a total duration of 36 hours.
