What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Salema been recorded?

Sarpa salpa occurrence evidence comes from 373 records in 17 countries and territories, from 1958 to 2026. Most records come from Spain.

Salema
Salema — Photo (display-sized rendition): Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
PerciformesSparidaeSarpa

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

373 records across 17 countries and territories, 1958–2026.

Sarpa salpa · GBIF taxon key 2392628

Source coverage

CC0 GBIF Animalia occurrence facets, including country, month and year summaries.

Refreshed 2026-08-23. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

The species has been recorded in the listed places in the stated source universe. Peak month: July.

8 months reach at least 10% of the peak facet count.

What this does not mean

repeated describes the record pattern, not a formal range, residency, abundance or conservation assessment.

A single record remains evidence of a recording, not proof that a population lives there.

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When it is recorded

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Peak month: July. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Records over time

19582026

Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where Salema has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Salema. They do not define a complete habitat range: survey effort differs by place, and historical or one-off records can appear alongside repeated presence.

PlaceRecordsShare
Spain 95
France 79
South Africa 64
Greece 43
Italy 25
Portugal 20
Croatia 18
Türkiye 11
Tunisia 6
Malta 4
Morocco 2
Cyprus 1
Monaco 1
Montenegro 1
Mauritania 1
Slovenia 1
Senegal 1

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Record pattern: repeated
Repeated records across many years and months. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.