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 American 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]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Clade: | Ovalentaria |
| Order: | Blenniiformes |
| Family: | Pomacentridae |
| Subfamily: | Pomacentrinae |
| Genus: | Teixeirichthys J.L.B. Smith, 1953[2] |
| Species: | T. jordani
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| Binomial name | |
| Teixeirichthys jordani Rutter, 1897
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References
edit- ^ a b c 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.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Teixeirichthys". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Teixeirichthys jordani". FishBase. June 2018 version.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (29 August 2018). "Subseries OVALENTARIA (Incertae sedis): Family POMACENTRIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Archived from the original on 1 April 2019. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
External links
edit- Photos of Jordan's damsel on Sealife Collection