blackback anemonefish
Amphiprion frenatus
- Usual depth0–21 m
- Water temperature23–29 °C
- Best monthsApril, June, and July
- How commonOccasional
Photo credit: (c) Pierre Pericard, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
About this species
The tomato clownfish is a species of marine fish in the family Pomacentridae, the clownfishes and damselfishes. It is native to the waters of the Western Pacific, from the Japan to Indonesia. Other common names include blackback anemonefish, bridled anemonefish, fire clown, and red tomato clown.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Tomato clownfish”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 95 records
- February: 104 records
- March: 141 records
- April: 151 records
- May: 127 records
- June: 154 records
- July: 158 records
- August: 103 records
- September: 105 records
- October: 102 records
- November: 74 records
- December: 108 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 0–21 m · Deepest record: 27.6 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 23–29 °C
Photos
(c) 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi), some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Nicola Crockford, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Paolo Co, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Ditch Townsend, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist 
(c) Min-Hsuan NI, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Jay Paroline, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
no rights reserved · CC0 1.0 · iNaturalist
Names and classification
- English
- blackback anemonefish, Bridled Anemonefish, fire clown, oneband anemonefish, Onebar Anemonefish, red clown, Red Tomato Clown, Tomato Anemonefish, Tomato Clown, tomato clownfish
Names in 6 more languages
- German
- Roter Anemonenfisch, Weißbinden-Glühkohlen-Anemonenfisch
- Spanish
- Pez anémona tomate, Pez payaso tomate
- French
- Poisson-clown rouge
- Japanese
- Hamakumanomi, ハマクマノミ
- Thai
- ปลาการ์ตูนมะเขือเทศ
- Simplified Chinese
- 白条双锯鱼, 白條海葵魚, 白條雙鋸魚, 紅小丑
Other scientific names: Amphiprion polylepis, Prochilus polylepis
Similar species
Skunk clownfishAmphiprion akallopisos
Barrier Reef anemonefishAmphiprion akindynos
Fiji Tomato AnemonefishAmphiprion barberi
Maroon ClownfishAmphiprion biaculeatus
Twoband anemonefishAmphiprion bicinctus
Orange-fin AnemonefishAmphiprion chrysopterus
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).
- 268 open-data records from 1856 to 2016.
- Species data updated October 26, 2026.
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