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title: "Salema Porgy"
description: "Sarpa salpa — Pesci. The salema porgy (Sarpa salpa), also known as the dreamfish, salema, cow bream, karanteen, salpa, saupe, strepie or goldline, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Sparidae, which includes the seabreams and porgies."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/salema-porgy
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Salema Porgy

> Sarpa salpa — Pesci. The salema porgy (Sarpa salpa), also known as the dreamfish, salema, cow bream, karanteen, salpa, saupe, strepie or goldline, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Sparidae, which includes the seabreams and porgies.

- Scientific name: *Sarpa salpa*
- Category: `fish` (Pesci)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mare e costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 11069
- Wikidata: [Q1130118](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1130118)
- iNaturalist taxon: [118663](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/118663)

## Names

- en: Salema Porgy
- de: Goldstrieme
- es: Salema
- fr: Saupe
- nl: Gestreepte bokvis
- pl: Salpa

## Countries with the most observations

ES (2820), GR (2734), FR (1709), IT (1167), HR (1060), PT (443), ZA (263), TR (114), MT (69), ME (56), SI (33), DZ (19)

## Summary

The salema porgy (Sarpa salpa), also known as the dreamfish, salema, cow bream, karanteen, salpa, saupe, strepie or goldline, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Sparidae, which includes the seabreams and porgies. It is the only species in the monospecific genus Sarpa. It is found in the eastern Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea and southwestern Indian Ocean.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salema_porgy

## Photo

![Salema Porgy](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/salema-porgy/medium.jpg)

Photo: Marino Linić · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/117553943

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/salema-porgy?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).