> [!summary]- Classification
**Kingdom**:: Animals
**Phylum**:: Chordata
**Subphylum**:: [Vertebrata](Vertebrata.md)
**Superclass**:: Osteichthyes
**Class**:: Actinopterygii
**Subclass**:: Neopterygii
**Superorder**:: Acanthopterygii
**Order**:: Perciformes
**Suborder**:: Labroidei
**Superfamily**::
**Family**:: Pomacentridae
**Subfamily**::
**Genus**:: Stegaste
**Species**:: S. partitus
**Vernacular**:: Bicolor damselfish
## Photos
*[112 - 2023-02-27 - Pointe Lamarre - Saint Pierre - Martinique](112%20-%202023-02-27%20-%20Pointe%20Lamarre%20-%20Saint%20Pierre%20-%20Martinique.md)*
*[115 - 2023-03-01 - Canyons de Babodie - Saint Pierre - Martinique](115%20-%202023-03-01%20-%20Canyons%20de%20Babodie%20-%20Saint%20Pierre%20-%20Martinique.md) - Other individual from behind. It's not an easy fish to pictures. Energic and fast moving.*
*[115 - 2023-03-01 - Canyons de Babodie - Saint Pierre - Martinique](115%20-%202023-03-01%20-%20Canyons%20de%20Babodie%20-%20Saint%20Pierre%20-%20Martinique.md) - Same individual as above, taken from its side. We can see the bicolor back fin*. Contrary to the first pictures, some of those damsels can be fully black, either have a white end.
*[111 - 2023-02-27 - Citadelle - Saint Pierre - Martinique](111%20-%202023-02-27%20-%20Citadelle%20-%20Saint%20Pierre%20-%20Martinique.md) - This spot is a big spawn of damselfish.*
## Notes
The spawn can be seen on rocks or algea. It makes a purple/black spot.
## References
- https://doris.ffessm.fr/Especes/Stegastes-partitus-Demoiselle-bicolore-de-l-Atlantique-3196/(rOffset)/6