Wrong Jordan. The Jordan's Rule being queried was named for David Starr Jordan, a late 19th/early 20th century ichthyologist who did a great deal of field work and descriptive ichthyology in North America. He was the first president of Stanford University. Besides his scientific writings (they literally fill a library), his autobiography was an influential book for many biologists: _Days of a Man_. The term Jordan's Rule would likely have been coined by Carl Hubbs, Jordan's star student and for many years the "Dean of American Ichthyology" of Scripps Institute.
Here are some references that might shed light: http://65.54.113.26/Publication/42926475/variations-in-the-number-of-vertebrae-and-other-meristic-characters-of-fishes-correlated-with-the David McNeely ---- Jan Ygberg <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear all > > Maybe this one? : > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordan_algebra > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pascual_Jordan > > Cheers > > > Jan H. N. Ygberg > Public Relations > Resident Naturalists Programme Coordinator > > EXPLORER'S INN > in the > TAMBOPATA NATIONAL RESERVE > A PERUVIAN SAFARIS ECO LODGE – A LODGE WITH A DIFFERENCE > Since 1976 A SHOWCASE OF THE AMAZON RAINFOREST > Peruvian Safaris S.A > Alcanfores 459 - Miraflores > Lima 18 - Peru > Phone: (51 1) 447 8888 > Fax: (51 1) 241 8427 > E-mail: [email protected] / [email protected] > Web Site: http://www.explorersinn.com > Facebook:http://www.facebook.com/explorerslodge > Twitter: @explorersinn > > 2012/8/28 Philippe Golay <[email protected]> > > > Dear all, > > > > do you know who coined the expression « Jordan’s rule » or « Jordan’s law » > > (fish species develop more vertebrae in a cold environment than in a warm > > one) ? > > > > Thank you in advance. > > Truly yours. > > > > Philippe > > > > SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS > > > > Philippe GOLAY > > elapsoïdea > > 21, chemin du Moulin > > CH – 1233 Bernex > > tel : +41(0)22 7771131 > > mail : [email protected] > > > > SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS > > L’autre jour, au fond d’un vallon, Un serpent piqua Jean Fréron. Que > > pensez-vous qu’il arriva? Ce fut le serpent qui creva.. (Voltaire, Poésies > > mêlées) > > > > > > -- -- David McNeely
