karanteen

Scientific name Sarpa salpa
Descriptor Linnaeus
Year of description 1758
IUCN category LC
Family Sparidae
Genus Sarpa
Sarpa salpa Sarpa salpa

Introduction

Sarpa salpa, commonly known as karanteen, is a salt water fish.

Who is it?

Morphology

  • Average size
    30 cm
  • Maximum size
    51 cm
  • Pattern
    horizontal stripes
  • Average size
    30 cm
  • Maximum size
    51 cm
  • Pattern
    horizontal stripes

How to recognize the karanteen ?

The karanteen measures around 30 cm. The females are more imposing and some specimens can reach 51 cm. This fish is bicolore with a predominantly jaune and gris body. The also has jaune horizontal stripes.

Sexual dimorphism

The female is bigger than the male.

Behaviour & Life cycle

  • diet
    herbivorous
  • Sociability
    gregarious
  • territorial
    No
  • Way of living
    diurnal

The karanteen is a fish gregarious. This species is herbivorous .

n general, this species does not care much about other animals crossing its path.

Reproduction

  • Reproduction
    ovipare qui pond en eau libre
  • Hermaphrodite
    protandric

The karanteen is a fish ovipare qui pond en eau libre. This fish always born male. Growing up, individuals will change sex to become female, this is called successive hermaphroditism of the protandrous type.

Harmless species

This species does not represent any particular threats to humans when encountered in its natural environment.

Where to find it?

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What is its habitat?

Natural environment characteristics

  • Depth
    0 - 70 m

Biotope presentation

The karanteen is most often found at a depth between 0m and 70m. However, it is not impossible to find this species at other depths.

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Bibliographic references

Note preliminaire sur le comportement alimentaire de Sarpa salpa (L.)(Sparidae) en Méditerranée - VERLAQUE - Laboratoire d 1Ecologie du Benthos et de Biologie vegetale marine, Luminy, Universite d'aix-Marseille II. - 1985.

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