> [!summary]- Classification **Kingdom**:: Animals **Phylum**:: Chordata **Subphylum**:: [Vertebrata](Vertebrata.md) **Superclass**:: Osteichthyes **Class**:: Actinopterygii **Subclass**:: Neopterygii **Superorder**:: Acanthopterygii **Order**:: Perciformes **Suborder**:: Percoidei **Superfamily**:: **Family**:: Sparidae **Subfamily**:: **Genus**:: Sarpa **Species**:: S. salpa **Vernacular**:: Salema ## Photos ![https://res.cloudinary.com/dt3d6t2ay/image/upload/v1698270177/obsidian/Mediterran%C3%A9e/2023-07-30%20-%20Pointe%20de%20Seneyrolles%20w%20Jennifer/P7300151_ihrci3.jpg](https://res.cloudinary.com/dt3d6t2ay/image/upload/v1698270177/obsidian/Mediterran%C3%A9e/2023-07-30%20-%20Pointe%20de%20Seneyrolles%20w%20Jennifer/P7300151_ihrci3.jpg) *[137 - 2023-07-30 - Pointe de Seneyrolles - La Ciotat - France](137%20-%202023-07-30%20-%20Pointe%20de%20Seneyrolles%20-%20La%20Ciotat%20-%20France.md) - They are always in shoal, eating [Posidonia oceanica - Neptune-grass](Posidonia%20oceanica%20-%20Neptune-grass.md)* ![https://res.cloudinary.com/dt3d6t2ay/image/upload/v1698270210/obsidian/Mediterran%C3%A9e/2023-07-30%20-%20Pointe%20de%20Seneyrolles%20w%20Jennifer/P7300152_bjpc42.jpg](https://res.cloudinary.com/dt3d6t2ay/image/upload/v1698270210/obsidian/Mediterran%C3%A9e/2023-07-30%20-%20Pointe%20de%20Seneyrolles%20w%20Jennifer/P7300152_bjpc42.jpg) *[137 - 2023-07-30 - Pointe de Seneyrolles - La Ciotat - France](137%20-%202023-07-30%20-%20Pointe%20de%20Seneyrolles%20-%20La%20Ciotat%20-%20France.md) - Rather fearful, so it's not really easy to get great pictures of it. It might be easier to do with a rebreather.* ## Notes One of the rare vegetarian fish in Mediterranean sea. ## References - https://doris.ffessm.fr/Especes/Sarpa-salpa-Saupe-431 - [Découvrir la vie sous-marine - Méditerranée - Steven Weinberg](Découvrir%20la%20vie%20sous-marine%20-%20Méditerranée%20-%20Steven%20Weinberg.md) p454