Specie descritta (55):
- Algansea australe Jordan, 1880, synonym
- Xystrosus popoche Jordan & Snyder, 1899 (Algansea), valid
- Heros istlanus Jordan & Snyder, 1899 (Amphilophus), valid
- Thyrina crystallina Jordan & Culver, 1895 (Atherinella), valid
- Campostoma pricei Jordan & Thoburn, 1896, synonym
- Centropomus constantinus Jordan & Starks, 1896, synonym
- Centropomus robalito Jordan & Gilbert, 1882 (Centropomus), valid
- Characodon encaustus Jordan & Snyder, 1899 (Chapalichthys), valid
- Characodon garmani Jordan & Everman, 1898 (Characodon), valid
- Eslopsarum arge Jordan & Snyder, 1899 (Chirostoma), valid
- Chirostoma bartoni Jordan & Everman, 1896 (Chirostoma), valid
- Chirostoma chapalae Jordan & Snyder, 1899 (Chirostoma), valid
- Chirostoma consocium Jordan & Hubbs, 1919 (Chirostoma), valid
- Chirostoma crystallinum Jordan & Snyder, 1899, synonym
- Chirostoma estor Jordan, 1880 (Chirostoma), valid
- Chirostoma ocotlanae Jordan & Snyder, 1899, synonym
- Chirostoma promelas Jordan & Snyder, 1899 (Chirostoma), valid
- Citharichthys sumichrasti Jordan, 1889, synonym
- Cliola chlora Jordan, 1878, synonym
- Cliola urostigma Jordan & Meek, 1884, synonym
- Culius aequidens Jordan & Gilbert, 1882, synonym
- Cyprinella forbesi Jordan, 1878, synonym
- Notropis garmani Jordan, 1885 (Cyprinella), valid
- Eleotris abacurus Jordan & Gilbert, 1896, synonym
- Etheostoma australe Jordan, 1889 (Etheostoma), valid
- Fundulus vinctus Jordan & Gilbert, 1882, synonym
- Gerres embryx Jordan & Starks, 1898, synonym
- Girardinichthys limnurgus Jordan & Everman, 1927, synonym
- Goodea atripinnis Jordan, 1880 (Goodea), valid
- Clupea thrissina Jordan & Gilbert, 1882 (Harengula), valid
- Neetroplus carpintis Jordan & Snyder, 1899 (Herichthys), valid
- Cichlasoma steindachneri Jordan & Snyder, 1899 (Herichthys), valid
- Notropis calientis Jordan & Snyder, 1899 (Hybopsis), valid
- Hemirhamphus rosae Jordan & Gilbert, 1880 (Hyporhamphus), valid
- Istlarius balsanus Jordan & Snyder, 1899 (Ictalurus), valid
- Characodon furcidens Jordan & Gilbert, 1882 (Ilyodon), valid
- Joturus stipes Jordan & Gilbert, 1882, synonym
- Clupea stolifera Jordan & Gilbert, 1882 (Lile), valid
- Lucania browni Jordan & Richardson, 1907, synonym
- Heros beani Jordan, 1888 (Mayaheros), valid
- Poecilia butleri Jordan, 1889 (Poecilia), valid
- Poecilia limantouri Jordan & Snyder, 1899, synonym
- Poecilia presidionis Jordan & Culver, 1895 (Poeciliopsis), valid
- Pomadasys bayanus Jordan & Everman, 1898 (Pomadasys), valid
- Siphostoma starksii Jordan & Culver, 1895 (Pseudophallus), valid
- Notropis rasconis Jordan & Snyder, 1899 (Tampichthys), valid
- Thyrina evermanni Jordan & Culver, 1895, synonym
- Xenedum caliente Jordan & Snyder, 1899, synonym
- Xenedum xaliscone Jordan & Snyder, 1899, synonym
- Xiphophorus guntheri Jordan & Everman, 1896, synonym
- Xiphophorus montezumae Jordan & Snyder, 1899 (Xiphophorus), valid
- Hudsonius altus Jordan, 1880 (Yuriria), valid
- Falcula chapalae Jordan & Snyder, 1899 (Yuriria), valid
- Zygonectes atrilatus Jordan & Brayton, 1878, synonym
- Zygonectes inurus Jordan & Gilbert, 1882, synonym
Generi descritti (7):
- Anchoa Jordan & Everman, 1927, valid
- Aztecula Jordan & Everman, 1898, valid
- Goodea Jordan, 1880, valid
- Lile Jordan & Everman, 1896, valid
- Ogilbia Jordan & Everman, 1898, valid
- Tarpon Jordan & Everman, 1896, valid
- Yuriria Jordan & Everman, 1896, valid
Pubblicazioni (31):
- Jordan, David Starr & C. H. Gilbert. 1877. "On the genera of North American freshwater fishes". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 29(1):83-104 (ffm00917)
- Jordan, David Starr. 1878. "A catalogue of the fishes of Illinois". Bulletin of the Illinois State Laboratory of Natural History. 1(2):37-70 (ffm00112)
- Jordan, David Starr & A.W. Brayton. 1878. "Contributions to North American ichthyology. No. 3. A. On the distribution of the fishes of the Allegany region of South Carolina, Georgia, and Tennessee, with descriptions of new or little known species". Bulletin of the United States National Museum. (12):3-95 (ffm04564)
- Jordan, David Starr. 1878. "Report on the collection of fishes made by Dr. Elliott Coues U.S.A. in Dakota and Montana during the seasons of 1873 and 1874". Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories. 4(4):777-799 (ffm00145)
- Jordan, David Starr & C.H. Gilbert. 1880. "Description of a new species of Hemirhamphus (Hemirhamphus rosae), from the coast of California". Proceeding of the United States National Museum. 3(164):335-336 (ffm00541)
- Jordan, David Starr. 1880. "Notes on a collection of fishes obtained in the streams of Guanajuato and in Chapala Lake, Mexico, by Prof. A. Dugès". Proceeding of the United States National Museum. 2(94):298-301 (ffm04501)
- Jordan, David Starr & C.H. Gilbert. 1882. "Catalogue of the fishes collected by Mr. John Xantus at Cape San Lucas, which are now in the United States National Museum, with descriptions of eight new species". Proceeding of the United States National Museum. 5(290):353-371 (ffm04531)
- Jordan, David Starr & C.H. Gilbert. 1882. "Description of a new cyprinodont (Zygonectes inurus), from southern Illinois". Proceeding of the United States National Museum. 5(273):143-144 (ffm04570)
- Jordan, David Starr & C.H. Gilbert. 1882. "Description of five new species of fishes from Mazatlan, Mexico". Proceeding of the United States National Museum. 4(254):458-463 (ffm00405)
- Jordan, David Starr & H. Gilbert. 1882. "Descriptions of thirty-three new species of fishes from Mazatlan, Mexico". Proceeding of the United States National Museum. 4(237):338-365 (ffm00368)
- Jordan, David Starr & C.H. Gilbert. 1882. "List of fishes collected at Panama by Captain John M. Dow, now in the United States National Museum". Proceeding of the United States National Museum. 5(292):373-378 (ffm00505)
- Jordan, David Starr & C.H. Gilbert. 1883. "Synopsis of the fishes of North America". Bulletin of the United States National Museum. (16):1-1018 (ffm00852)
- Jordan, David Starr & S.E. Meek. 1884. "Description of four new species of Cyprinidae in the United States National Museum". Proceeding of the United States National Museum. 7(450):v (ffm00119)
- Jordan, David Starr. 1885. "A catalogue of the fishes known to inhabit the waters of North America, north of the Tropic of Cancer, with notes on species discovered in 1883 and 1884". United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries, Report of the Commissioner. 13:789-973 (ffm00107)
- Jordan, David Starr. 1888. "List of fishes collected by Alphonse Ferrer about Mazatlan, with descriptions of two new species - Heros beani and Poecilia butleri". Proceeding of the United States National Museum. 11(719):332-333 (ffm00330)
- Jordan, David Starr & D.K. Goss. 1889. "A review of the flounders and soles (Pleuronectidae) of America and Europe". United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries, Report of the Commissioner. 14:225-342 (ffm00455)
- Jordan, David Starr. 1889. "Descriptions of fourteen species of fresh-water fishes collected by the U. S. Fish Commission in the summer of 1888". Proceeding of the United States National Museum. 11(723):351-362 (ffm00337)
- Jordan, David Starr. 1891. "Report of explorations in Colorado and Utah during the summer of 1889, with an account of the fishes found in each of the river basins examined". Bulletin of the U.S. Fish Commission. 9(1):1-40 (ffm00381)
- Jordan, David Starr. 1895. "The fishes of Sinaloa". Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences. 5:377-514 (ffm00034)
- Jordan, David Starr. 1895. "The fishes of Sinaloa". Stanford University. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.12528 (ffm08396)
- Jordan, David Starr & B.W. Evermann. 1896. "Checklist of the fishes and fish like vertebrates of North and Middle America". Report of the Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries. XXI:207-584 (ffm02517)
- Jordan, David Starr. 1896. "Notes on fishes, little known or new to science". Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Series 2). 6:201-244 (ffm00400)
- Jordan, David Starr & B.W. Evermann. 1896. "The fishes of North and Middle America: A descriptive catalogue of the species of fishes and fish-like vertebrates found in the waters of North America, north of the Isthmus of Panama. Part I". Bulletin of the United States National Museum. 47:1-1240 (ffm00055)
- Jordan, David Starr & B.W. Evermann. 1898. "The fishes of North and Middle America: A descriptive catalogue of the species of fishes and fish-like vertebrates found in the waters of North America, north of the Isthmus of Panama. Part II". Bulletin of the United States National Museum. 47:1241-2183 (ffm00474)
- Jordan, David Starr & Barton Warren Evermann. 1898. "The fishes of North and Middle America: A descriptive catalogue of the species of fishes and fish-like vertebrates found in the waters of North America, north of the Isthmus of Panama. Part III". United States National Museum Bulletin. 47:2183-3136 (ffm01817)
- Jordan, David Starr & J.O. Snyder. 1899. "Notes on a collection of fishes from the rivers of Mexico, with description of twenty new species". Bulletin of the U.S. Fish Commission. 19:115-147 (ffm00041)
- Jordan, David Starr & Barton Warren Evermann. 1900. "The fishes of North and Middle America: A descriptive catalogue of the species of fishes and fish-like vertebrates found in the waters of North America, north of the Isthmus of Panama. Part IV". Bulletin of the United States National Museum. (47):3137-3313 (ffm00947)
- Jordan, David Starr & R.E. Richardson. 1907. "Description of a new species of killifish, Lucania browni, from a hot spring in Lower California". Proceeding of the United States National Museum. 33(1572):319-321 (ffm00182)
- Jordan, David Starr & C.L. Hubbs. 1919. "Studies in ichthyology. A monographic review of the family of Atherinidae or silversides". Leland Stanford Jr. University Publications, University Series [1919]. 1-87 (ffm00521)
- Jordan, David Starr & B.W. Evermann. 1927. "New genera and species of North American Fishes". Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences. 16(15):501-507 (ffm04520)
- Jordan, David Starr & B.W. Evermann, H.W. Clark. 1930. "Checklist of the fishes and fishlike vertebrates of North and Middle America. Appendix X". Report of the US Commissioner of Fisheries. 416-424 (ffm02509)