Karenteen seabream

Crenidens crenidens

Fish
IUCN: Least concern

Usual depth0–100 m
Water temperature19–29 °C
Best monthsJanuary, March, and July
How commonOccasional

Photo credit: (c) Nicola Crockford, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

About this species

Crenidens crenidens, the karanteen seabream or karanteen, is a species of ray-finned fish from the sea bream family Sparidae which was described by the Swedish zoologist Peter Forsskål in 1775. It is native to the western Indian Ocean but has colonised the eastern Mediterranean Sea since 1970. It is one of only three species in genus Crenidens, the others being the little known Crenidens macracanthus and the partially sympatric C. indicus.

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Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 2 records
February: 1 records
March: 2 records
April: 2 records
May: 1 records
June: 2 records
July: 3 records
August: 1 records
September: 0 records
October: 2 records
November: 0 records
December: 2 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 0–100 m · Deepest record: 100 m

0–10 m: 15 records
10–20 m: 2 records
20–30 m: 0 records
30–40 m: 0 records
40–50 m: 0 records
50–60 m: 2 records
60–70 m: 0 records
70–80 m: 0 records
80–90 m: 0 records
90–100 m: 0 records
100–110 m: 6 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 19–29 °C

18–20 °C: 1 records
20–22 °C: 0 records
22–24 °C: 31 records
24–26 °C: 6 records
26–28 °C: 2 records
28–30 °C: 3 records

Names and classification

English: Karenteen seabream, Karanteen, Karanteen Seabream, Karateen Seabream

Names in 4 more languages

German: Karanteen
Spanish: Salema Del Mar Rojo
French: Saupe De Mer Rouge
Simplified Chinese: 波牙鯛

Other scientific names: Crenidens forskali, Crenidens forskalii, Sparus crenidens

Similar species

Indian Seabream
Crenidens indicus
Australian Seabream
Acanthopagrus australis
Santer seabream
Cheimerius nufar
Englishman seabream
Chrysoblephus anglicus
Dageraad
Chrysoblephus cristiceps
Miss Lucy
Chrysoblephus gibbiceps

Sources and credits

Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).

Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
1,375 open-data records from 1775 to 2010.
Species data updated November 1, 2026.

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