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title: "Barrier Reef Anemonefish"
description: "Amphiprion akindynos — Peixes. Amphiprion akindynos, the Barrier Reef anemonefish, is a species of anemonefish that is principally found in the Great Barrier Reef of Australia, but also in nearby locations in the Western Pacific."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/barrier-reef-anemonefish
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Barrier Reef Anemonefish

> Amphiprion akindynos — Peixes. Amphiprion akindynos, the Barrier Reef anemonefish, is a species of anemonefish that is principally found in the Great Barrier Reef of Australia, but also in nearby locations in the Western Pacific.

- Scientific name: *Amphiprion akindynos*
- Category: `fish` (Peixes)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mar e costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 1745
- Wikidata: [Q808929](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q808929)
- iNaturalist taxon: [338421](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/338421)

## Names

- en: Barrier Reef Anemonefish
- de: Barriereriff-Anemonenfisch
- es: Pez payaso de la Gran barrera de coral
- fr: Poisson-clown brun

## Countries with the most observations

AU (556), NC (492), VU (9)

## Summary

Amphiprion akindynos, the Barrier Reef anemonefish, is a species of anemonefish that is principally found in the Great Barrier Reef of Australia, but also in nearby locations in the Western Pacific. The species name 'akindynos' is Greek, meaning 'safe' or 'without danger' in reference to the safety afforded amongst the tentacles of its host anemone. Like all anemonefishes it forms a symbiotic mutualism with sea anemones and is unaffected by the stinging tentacles of the host anemone.  It is a sequential hermaphrodite  with a strict size-based dominance hierarchy: the female is largest, the breeding male is second…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amphiprion_akindynos

## Photo

![Barrier Reef Anemonefish](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/barrier-reef-anemonefish/medium.jpg)

Photo: Jean-Paul Boerekamps · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/124598424

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/barrier-reef-anemonefish?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).