Biology:Jordan's damsel

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Jordan's damsel
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Clade: Percomorpha
(unranked): Ovalentaria
Family: Pomacentridae
Subfamily: Pomacentrinae
Genus: Teixeirichthys
J.L.B. Smith, 1953[2]
Species:
T. jordani
Binomial name
Teixeirichthys jordani
Rutter, 1897
Synonyms[3]
  • Pomacentrus jordani Rutter, 1897
  • Pristotis jordani (Rutter, 1897)
  • Pomacentrus polylepis Regan, 1908
  • Pomacentrus formosanus Fowler & B.A. Bean, 1922
  • Teixeirichthys formosanus (Fowler & Bean, 1922)
  • Teixeirichthys mossambicus J.L.B. Smith, 1953

Jordan's damsel (Teixeirichthys jordani) is a species of ray-finned fish from the family Pomacentridae, the damselfishes and clownfishes, it is the only species in the monotypic genus Teixeirichthys. It has a disjunct distribution in the Indian and western pacific Oceans having been recorded from the Red Sea, Mozambique Channel, Seychelles, Taiwan, Hong Kong, China and Japan.[1] It is found in beds of sea grass and over sandy substrates.[3] Jordan's damsel is frequently observed to form mid-water aggregations of as many as several hundreds of individuals. It occurs at depths of 10–20 metres (33–66 ft). It has been recorded using small rocky outcrops and areas of debris to nest in in the Gulf of Aqaba.[1] The generic name honours Gabriel M. Teixeira (1897-1973), who was the Governor-General of Mozambique and who assisted J.L.B. Smith's studies of the fish fauna of that territory. The specific name and common name both honour the United States ichthyologist David Starr Jordan (1851-1931) who gave a collection of specimens from Swatow to Rutter, among which was the type of this species.[4]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Allen, G.R.; Gon, O. (2010). "Teixeirichthys jordani". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T154915A4666423. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T154915A4666423.en. 
  2. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron; van der Laan, Richard, eds. "Teixeirichthys". California Academy of Sciences. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?genid=7972. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). "Teixeirichthys jordani" in FishBase. June 2018 version.
  4. "Subseries OVALENTARIA (Incertae sedis): Family POMACENTRIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 29 August 2018. https://www.etyfish.org/pomacentridae/. Retrieved 13 October 2018. 

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