Salema porgy
Average size: 25 cm
Maximum size: 45 cm
The body is ovoid with medium scales. Eyes are relatively small, as well as the mouth which has thick lips. Golden stripes run down the length of its blue-greenish body. The salema porgy is a gregarious necto-benthic fish, very common in not so deep bottoms with algae. It is caught with fish-traps. Amateur fisher can be quite succesful with fishing rod.
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Roberto Sandulli, “Dentro al mare della Costa d'Amalfi" guida alla fauna marina della Costiera Amalfitana, Ecostiera edizioni, anno 1999