Pomacentridae

Fiji Tomato Anemonefish

Amphiprion barberi

A white barred school hovers above anemones

• Tropical
• Regional distribution
• Marine fish
• Pacific Ocean
• Oceania
• Small
• Tropical fish

Amphiprion barberi is a species of anemonefish that is found in the western Pacific Ocean. It was previously considered a geographic color variation of other anemonefish, initially Amphiprion rubrocinctus from 1972 and then Amphiprion melanopus from 1980 however further study and DNA sequencing resulted in A. barberi being described as a new species in 2008. Like all anemonefishes it forms a symbiotic mutualism with sea anemones and is unaffected by the stinging tentacles of the host anemone.