Sarpa salpa Salema

Sarpa salpa is commonly referred to as Salema. Difficulty in the aquarium: suitable for large display tanks (public aquarium or zoo) only. A aquarium size of at least 15000 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

4429 

AphiaID:

127064 

Scientific:

Sarpa salpa 

German:

Goldstrieme 

English:

Salema 

Category:

 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Sparidae (Family) > Sarpa (Genus) > salpa (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Linnaeus, ), 1758 

Occurrence:

Tunesien, West Sahara, Straße von Gibraltar, Gambia, the Black Sea, Africa, Albania, Angola, Azores, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Congo, Croatia, Cyprus, East Africa, Egypt, European Coasts, France, Greece, Guinea-Bissau, Israel, Italy, Lebanon, Lybia, Madeira, Malta, Mauritania, Monaco, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Portugal, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Slovenia, South-Africa, Spain, Syrian Arab Republic, the British Isles, the Canary Islands, the Cape Verde Archipelago, The Gulf of Guinea, the Mediterranean Sea, Turkey 

Marine Zone:

Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 

Sea depth:

5 - 70 Meter 

Habitats:

Algae zones, Rocky, hard seabeds, Sandy sea floors, Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

11.81" - 20.08" (30cm - 51cm) 

Temperature:

15,3 °F - 75.2 °F (15,3°C - 24°C) 

Food:

Algae (Algivore), Phytoplankton, Zooplankton 

Tank:

3299.68 gal (~ 15000L)  

Difficulty:

suitable for large display tanks (public aquarium or zoo) only 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Least concern (LC)  

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

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  Sarpa salpa
  Goldstrieme

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2012-06-26 13:45:47 

Last edit:

2025-10-15 12:31:00 

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