---
title: "Tomato Clownfish"
description: "Amphiprion frenatus — Vissen. The tomato clownfish (Amphiprion frenatus) is a species of marine fish in the family Pomacentridae, the clownfishes and damselfishes."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/tomato-clownfish
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Tomato Clownfish

> Amphiprion frenatus — Vissen. The tomato clownfish (Amphiprion frenatus)  is a species of marine fish in the family Pomacentridae, the clownfishes and damselfishes.

- Scientific name: *Amphiprion frenatus*
- Category: `fish` (Vissen)
- Habitats: `sea` (Zee en kust), `zoo` (Dierentuin en huisdieren)
- iNaturalist observations: 1505
- Wikidata: [Q74366](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q74366)
- iNaturalist taxon: [57740](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/57740)

## Names

- en: Tomato Clownfish
- de: Weißbinden-Glühkohlen-Anemonenfisch
- es: Pez payaso tomate
- fr: Poisson-clown rouge
- pl: Amfiprion pomidorowy

## Countries with the most observations

PH (816), JP (182), TW (155), MY (54), SG (27), VN (23), ID (10), CN (3)

## Summary

The tomato clownfish (Amphiprion frenatus)  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: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomato_clownfish

## Photo

![Tomato Clownfish](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/tomato-clownfish/medium.jpg)

Photo: Chris Spain · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/335328036

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/tomato-clownfish?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).