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Type: MARINE - FISH
Salema

Sarpa salpa L.


English name: Salema
French name: Saupe
Arabic name: صَلبون

Habitat: brackish; benthopelagic; oceanodromous

Additional information

Depth 5 - 70 m
Length for Fishing 30-51 cm
Habit Gregarious, sometimes forming sizeable schools
Feed On Young mainly carnivorous on crustaceans, adults herbivorous feed on seaweeds
Global Distribution E. Atlantic, Med.
Conservation Status LC