#2171 · 🐟 fish

Salema Porgy

🇳🇱 Gestreepte bokvis ·Sarpa salpa

LCleast concern 🐟 Fish 📍 in Europe, not in NL

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Guido and Carrara family · CC BY 4.0
2. © Guido and Carrara family · CC BY 4.0
3. © Frédéric ANDRE · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Paolo Gamba · CC BY 4.0
5. Île Calseraigne, France:© Donald Davesne · CC BY 4.0
6. Calheta, PT-MA, PT:© jonaspottier · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. São Miguel, Ponta Delgada, PT:© bornfeta · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Spanien:© Alexander Täuber · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, FR:© Nicolas LATOUR · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. España:© Adrián Rodríguez Rodríguez · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Sarpa salpa , known commonly as the dreamfish , salema , salema porgy , cow bream or goldline , is a species of sea bream, recognisable by the golden stripes that run down the length of its body, and which can cause hallucinations when eaten. It is found in the East Atlantic, as well as the Mediterranean, where it ranges from the Bay of Biscay to South Africa. It has occasionally been found as far north as Great Britain. It is...

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 11,431iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
11,431 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).