Bicolor damselfish
Stegastes partitus
- Saltwater
- Least Concern
- Max length
- 10 cm
Classification
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Ovalentaria incertae sedis
- Family
- Pomacentridae
- Genus
- Stegastes
Distribution
- Atlantic, Western Central
About the bicolor damselfish
Stegastes partitus or the bicolor damselfish is a species of bony fish in the family Pomacentridae found near the sea bed on shallow rocky and coral reefs in the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico and off the coasts of Florida.
Behaviour
Unlike most other members of the genus Stegastes which eat filamentous algae, the bicolor damselfish feeds on plankton. It forms loose groups of up to twenty individuals and defends a territory over a rocky reef with plenty of crevices in which to lurk.
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Where the bicolor damselfish lives
Distribution data from GBIF (DOI: 10.15468/dl.8rzs8d).
Also known as
- Jaqueta bicolor
- 深裂眶鋸雀鯛
Where to catch bicolor damselfish
- Cape Fear River United States River · North Carolina
- Florida Bay (Everglades) United States Bay · Florida
- Florida Keys United States Coast · Florida
- Galveston Bay United States Bay · Texas
- Lake Pontchartrain United States Lake · Louisiana
- Port Aransas United States Coast · Texas