Jordan's damsel

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]

Jordan's damsel
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
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