Sarpa salpa was reported from 41 countries/islands


Table 1: the species is currently present in 41 of them (endemic, native, introduced);
Table 2: possible in 0 of them (stray, questionable);
Table 3: absent from 0 of them (extirpated, not established, misidentification, error).
Table 4: all reports listed together.

Distribution: Eastern Atlantic: Bay of Biscay and Strait of Gibraltar to Sierra Leone, including Madeira, the Canary Islands, and Cape Verde; Congo to South Africa. Also present in the Mediterranean.
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Table 1: Present in 41 countries/islands (endemic, native, introduced)
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
Europe Albania ALB native 3397
Africa Algeria DZA native 3397
Africa Angola AGO native 3166
Europe Bosnia Herzegov. BIH native 4781
Europe Bulgaria BGR native 3397
Africa Canary Is. CNY native 3688
Africa Cape Verde CPV native 3688
Africa Congo COG native 3688
Africa Congo Dem Rp COD native 3688
Europe Croatia HRV native 4781
Asia Cyprus CYP native 3397
Africa Egypt EGY native 3397
Europe France FRA native 4517
Africa Gambia GMB native 3688
Europe Gibraltar GIB native 3688
Europe Greece GRC native 113897
Africa Guinea GIN native 3688
Africa Guinea-Bissau GNB native 26999
Asia Israel ISR native 3397
Europe Italy ITA native 3397
Asia Lebanon LBN native 4781
Africa Libya LBY native 3397
Africa Madeira Is. MRA native 74541
Europe Malta MLT native 33971
Africa Mauritania MRT native 5377
Europe Monaco MCO native 3397
Europe Montenegro MNE native 3397
Africa Morocco MAR native 3688
Africa Mozambique MOZ native 5213
Africa Namibia NAM native 36731
Europe Portugal PRT native 3688
Africa Senegal SEN native 3688
Africa Sierra Leone SLE native 3688
Europe Slovenia SVN native 4781
Africa South Africa ZAF native 3198
Europe Spain ESP native 3688
Asia Syria SYR native 3397
Africa Tunisia TUN native 3397
Asia Turkey TUR native 57855
Europe UK GBR native 12140
Africa West Sahara ESH native 3688

Table 4: Reported from 41 countries/islands.
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
Europe Albania ALB native 3397
Africa Algeria DZA native 3397
Africa Angola AGO native 3166
Europe Bosnia Herzegov. BIH native 4781
Europe Bulgaria BGR native 3397
Africa Canary Is. CNY native 3688
Africa Cape Verde CPV native 3688
Africa Congo COG native 3688
Africa Congo Dem Rp COD native 3688
Europe Croatia HRV native 4781
Asia Cyprus CYP native 3397
Africa Egypt EGY native 3397
Europe France FRA native 4517
Africa Gambia GMB native 3688
Europe Gibraltar GIB native 3688
Europe Greece GRC native 113897
Africa Guinea GIN native 3688
Africa Guinea-Bissau GNB native 26999
Asia Israel ISR native 3397
Europe Italy ITA native 3397
Asia Lebanon LBN native 4781
Africa Libya LBY native 3397
Africa Madeira Is. MRA native 74541
Europe Malta MLT native 33971
Africa Mauritania MRT native 5377
Europe Monaco MCO native 3397
Europe Montenegro MNE native 3397
Africa Morocco MAR native 3688
Africa Mozambique MOZ native 5213
Africa Namibia NAM native 36731
Europe Portugal PRT native 3688
Africa Senegal SEN native 3688
Africa Sierra Leone SLE native 3688
Europe Slovenia SVN native 4781
Africa South Africa ZAF native 3198
Europe Spain ESP native 3688
Asia Syria SYR native 3397
Africa Tunisia TUN native 3397
Asia Turkey TUR native 57855
Europe UK GBR native 12140
Africa West Sahara ESH native 3688
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