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Sarpa salpa or Salema porgy

Sarpa salpa

Photo by Saarbrigger
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Field Notes

Description:

seen - 20m,

can cause hallucinations when eaten

Habitat:

Relatively common off the coasts of South Africa, Tenerife, Malta and Cyprus, but has been occasionally been found as far north as Great Britain

Notes:

The fish became widely known for its psychoactivity.

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Sarpa salpa

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Blue & Purple Holland (482km radius)
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PublishedJanuary 11, 2012

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