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Where does the Salema live?

Sarpa salpa has 18,798 records in 32 countries and territories, from 1802 to 2026. Most records come from France.

Salema
Salema — Photo: Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
AnimaliaChordataPerciformesSparidaeSarpa

When it is recorded

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Peak month: August. 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

18022026

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

Where it is recorded

PlaceRecordsShare
France 6,416
Spain 6,010
Greece 1,931
Portugal 1,517
Italy 979
Croatia 956
South Africa 518
Malta 94
Türkiye 91
Montenegro 45
Lebanon 32
Mozambique 29
Israel 27
Tunisia 26
Slovenia 24
Cyprus 17
Monaco 15
Algeria 14
Morocco 10
Albania 9
Angola 9
Senegal 8
Mauritania 4
Libya 3
ZZ 3
Cabo Verde 2
Egypt 2
Netherlands 2
Ukraine 2
United Kingdom 1
Ireland 1
Syria 1

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Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months — an established presence. 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.