WoRMS taxon details
Sarpa salpa (Linnaeus, 1758)
127064 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:127064)
accepted
Species
Boops goreensis (Valenciennes, 1830) · unaccepted
Boops salpa (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted
Box goreensis Valenciennes, 1830 · unaccepted
Box salpa (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted (synonym)
Eusalpa salpa (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted
Sparus salpa Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Sparus salpa Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors 
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Description Found over rocky substrates and sandy area with algal growth, at depths of about 70 m. Gregarious, sometimes forming...
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]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Sarpa salpa (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=127064 on 2025-05-24
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Sparus salpa Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Box goreensis Valenciennes, 1830) Cuvier, G. ; Valenciennes, A. (1830). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome Sixième. Livre sixième. Partie I. Des Sparoïdes; Partie II. Des Ménides. <em>Tome sixième. Livre sixième. Partie I. Des Sparoïdes; Partie II. Des Ménides.</em> v. 6: i-xxiv + 6 pp. + 1-559, Pls. 141-169. [Valenciennes is author of pp. 1-425, 493-559; Cuvier 426-491. i-xviii + 1-470 in Strasbourg ed.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4436643 [details]
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, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
[request]original description (of Box goreensis Valenciennes, 1830) Cuvier, G. ; Valenciennes, A. (1830). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome Sixième. Livre sixième. Partie I. Des Sparoïdes; Partie II. Des Ménides. <em>Tome sixième. Livre sixième. Partie I. Des Sparoïdes; Partie II. Des Ménides.</em> v. 6: i-xxiv + 6 pp. + 1-559, Pls. 141-169. [Valenciennes is author of pp. 1-425, 493-559; Cuvier 426-491. i-xviii + 1-470 in Strasbourg ed.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4436643 [details]
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, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
context source (WoRCS)
Kovačić, M.; Gerovasileiou, V.; Patzner, R. A. (2024). Fishes in Marine Caves. <em>Fishes.</em> 9(6): 243., available online at https://www.mdpi.com/2410-3888/9/6/243 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 280 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
[request]additional source Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 280 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
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]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Albanian | salpaarava | [details] |
| Basque | salpa | [details] |
| Catalan | salpaaurada grisenca | [details] |
| Danish | stribet havrude | [details] |
| Dutch | goudstreepzeebrasemgestreepte bokvis | [details] |
| English | Saunders's tern salema | [details] |
| French | saupe | [details] |
| German | Goldstrieme | [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 | sopasalpa | [details] |
| Spanish | salema | [details] |
| Swedish | salpa | [details] |
| Turkish | salpa | [details] |
| Ukrainian | Морський карась сальпа | [details] |
| Welsh | salpa | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (56 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (45 publications) (from synonym Boops salpa (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (73 publications) (from synonym Sparus salpa Linnaeus, 1758)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications)
To Dyntaxa
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Sarpa salpa)
To FishBase (from synonym Box salpa (Linnaeus, 1758))
To FishBase (from synonym Boops goreensis (Valenciennes, 1830))
To FishBase (from synonym Boops salpa (Linnaeus, 1758))
To FishBase (from synonym Sparus salpa Linnaeus, 1758)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Box goreensis Valenciennes, 1830)
To FishBase (from synonym Eusalpa salpa (Linnaeus, 1758))
To FishBase images (Sarpa salpa, Spain, by Patzner, R.)
To Fishipedia
To GenBank (237 nucleotides; 90 proteins)
To GenBank (237 nucleotides; 90 proteins) (from synonym Sparus salpa Linnaeus, 1758)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (45 publications) (from synonym Boops salpa (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (73 publications) (from synonym Sparus salpa Linnaeus, 1758)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications)
To Dyntaxa
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Sarpa salpa)
To FishBase (from synonym Box salpa (Linnaeus, 1758))
To FishBase (from synonym Boops goreensis (Valenciennes, 1830))
To FishBase (from synonym Boops salpa (Linnaeus, 1758))
To FishBase (from synonym Sparus salpa Linnaeus, 1758)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Box goreensis Valenciennes, 1830)
To FishBase (from synonym Eusalpa salpa (Linnaeus, 1758))
To FishBase images (Sarpa salpa, Spain, by Patzner, R.)
To Fishipedia
To GenBank (237 nucleotides; 90 proteins)
To GenBank (237 nucleotides; 90 proteins) (from synonym Sparus salpa Linnaeus, 1758)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To PESI
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
Unreviewed
