Jordan's rule
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Jordan's rule
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Jordan's rule is an ecogeographical rule that describes the inverse relationship between water temperature and meristic characteristics in various species of fish. The most commonly observed relationship is that fin ray, vertebrae, or scale numbers increase with decreasing temperature. The rule is named after David Starr Jordan (1851–1931), the father of American ichthyology. Jordan's law is also an ecogeographical rule that states: "‘[g]iven any species in any region, the nearest related specie
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