Their colors range from burnt orange to tomato red, thus the common names Tomato Clownfish, Tomato Anemonefish, Red Clownfish, and Red Tomato Clown. Males will maintain their bright hues for their entire lives but the females will turn dark brown on the sides as they mature. Juveniles are marked with three bright vertical stripes, but the two on the body fade as they mature, leaving the adult with just one stripe on the head. There are two color strains, a blue-striped and a white-striped, though the blue coloring can be difficult to detect when they are young. Some other common names derived from the adult color patterns are Onebar Anemonefish, Bridled Anemonefish, and Blackback Anemonefish.
General Description
| Name: | Tomato Clownfish |  |
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| Latin Name: | Amphiprion frenatus |
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| MBI: | Captive Breeding ✓ | ||
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| Size: | 14 cm | ||
| Tank Size: | 50 gallons | ||
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| Habitat: | This species is found as far north as Ryukyu Islands, Japan, to the South China Sea and surrounding areas including Malaysia and Indonesia. | ||
Status
They not been evaluated by IUCN Red List at this time.