Salema porgy: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the salema porgy lives – recorded in 12 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Sarpa salpa
Group	Bony fish
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	12 countries
Continents	Africa, Asia, Europe
Class	Ray-finned fish
Order	Spariformes
Family	Sparidae

Where does the salema porgy live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the salema porgy in 12 countries and territories across Africa, Asia and Europe.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the salema porgy endangered?

The salema porgy’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the salema porgy?

The salema porgy (Sarpa salpa) is a ray-finned fish in the order Spariformes and the family Sparidae, genus Sarpa. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the salema porgy

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.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Salema porgy (revision 1374621091), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q1130118 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).