Tuesday 2 October 2007

Salema Porgy (Sarpa salpa)

OTHER NAMES: Dreamfish, Salema, Cow Bream, Goldline
Latin Etymology: Sarpa (?) salpa ("a species of fish")
Shoal of Salema Porgy (Sarpa salpa) at Syracuse, Sicily, Italy - May 2018

Featured Subspecies: ?
Weight: ?  /  Length: 15-45cm
NO OFFICIAL UK STATUS IUCN Red List: Least Concern

A distinctive species of fish found in the East Atlantic and the Mediterranean with a series of golden horizontal lines down the length of it's body.  It is perhaps most famous as a potentially hallucinagenic fish upon it's consumption - causing frightening visual effects for a duration of up to 36 hours, presumed to be caused by the fish feeding on particular algae or phytoplankton.

Related Species:
Order: Perciformes
Family: Sparidae
Genus: Sarpa
SUBSPECIES: ?

 - Sighting Locations -
ITALY - Italian Name: Sarpa
A locally common resident.
- SICILY 2018 TRIP - Seen at Syracuse 

Further Notes: BirdForum Opus, IUCN Red List, RSPB, Wikipedia, Xeno-canto

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