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Karanteen

Crenidens crenidens (Forsskål, 1775)

Status not recordedbony fish

The karanteen (Crenidens crenidens) is a species in the family Sparidae, order Perciformes.

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Quick facts about the karanteen

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the karanteen live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the karanteen as introduced in 5 countries.

  1. Egypt
  2. Israel
  3. Lebanon
  4. Libya
  5. Syria

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the karanteen endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the karanteen classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderPerciformes
  5. familySparidae
  6. genusCrenidens
  7. SpeciesCrenidens crenidens (Forsskål, 1775)

Synonyms Crenidens forskali, Crenidens forskalii, Sparus crenidens

Other names and names in other languages (8)
  • Karanteen seabreamEnglish
  • Karateen seabreamEnglish
  • Karenteen seabreamEnglish
  • mořan lesklýCzech
  • Salema Del Mar RojoSpanish
  • Saupe De Mer RougeFrench
  • Восточноафриканский бурозубый морской карасьRussian
  • 波牙鯛Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the karanteen

Other species in the same genus Crenidens.

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Common questions

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Is the karanteen an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the karanteen as introduced in 5 countries: Egypt, Israel, Lebanon, Libya and Syria, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the karanteen?

The karanteen (Crenidens crenidens) belongs to the family Sparidae in the order Perciformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-13. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Karanteen (Crenidens crenidens). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/karanteen

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BibTeX
@misc{karanteen_2026,
  title = {Karanteen (Crenidens crenidens)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/karanteen},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-13}
}