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Sarpa salpa (Linnaeus, 1758) 
AphiaID: 127064

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Sparidae (Family) > Sarpa (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Typetaxon of  Sarpa Bonaparte, 1831
Parent Sarpa Bonaparte, 1831
Synonymised
taxa
  Boops goreensis (Valenciennes, 1830)
Boops salpa (Linnaeus, 1758)
Box goreensis Valenciennes, 1830
Box salpa (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
Eusalpa salpa (Linnaeus, 1758)
Sparus salpa Linnaeus, 1758
Sources  basis of record: van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS[details]

basis of record: Anon. (1996). FishBase 96 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los Baños, Philippines. 1 cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details]

additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details]

additional source: FishBase, version october 2012 [details]

additional source: Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013]., available online at http://www.dyntaxa.se [details]

additional source: Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp., available online at http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/no_cache/dms/load/toc/?IDDOC=265100
page(s): 280 [details]


additional source: Eschmeyer, W.: Catalog of fishes; California Academy of Sciences, department Ichtyology., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]

from synonym: Nijssen, H.; de Groot, S.J. (1987). De vissen van Nederland: systematische indeling, historisch overzicht, het ontstaan van de viskweek, uitheemse vissoorten, determineersleutels, beschrijvingen, afbeeldingen, literatuur, van alle in Nederlandse wateren voor komende zee- en zoetwatervissoorten [Fishes of the Netherlands: systematic classification, historical overview, origins of fish culture, non-indigenous species, determination keys, descriptions, drawings, literature references on all marine and freshwater fish species living in Dutch waters]. KNNV Uitgeverij: Utrecht, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5011-006-1. 224 pp. (look up in IMIS[details] [view taxon]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
Albanian arava  [details]
Albanian salpa  [details]
Basque salpa  [details]
Catalan aurada grisenca  [details]
Catalan salpa  [details]
Danish stribet havrude  [details]
Dutch gestreepte bokvis  [details]
Dutch goudstreepzeebrasem  [details]
English salema  [details]
English Saunders's tern  [details]
French saupe  [details]
Hebrew סלפית צהובת-פסים  [details]
Italian salpa  [details]
Modern Greek (1453-) Σάλπα  [details]
Polish salpa  [details]
Portuguese salema  [details]
Russian Морской карась сальпа  [details]
Slovenian salpa  [details]
Slovenian sopa  [details]
Spanish salema  [details]
Swedish salpa  [details]
Turkish salpa  [details]
Ukrainian Морський карась сальпа  [details]
Welsh salpa  [details]
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Azores Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Black Sea [details]
European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
Greek Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Israeli part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin [details]
Mozambique [details]
Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
South Africa (country) [details]
Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Swedish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Host of  Chondracanthus angustatus Heller, 1865 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Colobomatus vallei Essafi, Cabral & Raibaut, 1984 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Colobomatus vallei Essafi, Cabral & Raibaut, 1984 (parasitic: endoparasitic)
Caligus ligusticus Brian, 1906 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Clavellotis pagri (Krøyer, 1863) (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Colobomatus richiardi (Valle, 1881) (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Caligus fissus Richiardi, 1880 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Caligus mortis Kensley, 1970 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Links To Barcode of Life (14 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications)
To Dyntaxa
To Encyclopedia of Life
To FishBase
To GenBank (44 nucleotides; 34 proteins)
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To PESI
To ITIS
Note  Description: Found over rocky substrates and sandy area with algal growth, at depths of about 70 m. Gregarious, sometimes forming sizeable schools. Young mainly carnivorous on crustaceans, adults almost exclusively herbivorous. Protandric hermaphrodite (Ref. 4781). Spawning occurs in March-April and September-November north of Cape Verde (Ref. 3688). An important foodfish. [details]
Images 
Carry reserve: sparids (Diplodus sargus, Sarpa salpa) in a Posidonia meadow mixed with rocks.
Carry reserve: sparids (Diplodus sargus, Sarpa salpa) in a Posidonia meadow mixed with rocks.
added on 2005-12-22 - author: J.G. Harmelin
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Sarpa salpa
Sarpa salpa
added on 2012-10-15 - author: Pillon, Roberto ()
qualitystatus: not checked

Sarpa salpa
Sarpa salpa
added on 2012-10-15 - author: Pillon, Roberto ()
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:127064
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  van der Land, Jacob
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Sarpa salpa (Linnaeus, 1758). In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=127064 on 2013-05-24
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