Cirrhilabrus jordani

{{Short description|Species of fish}}

{{Speciesbox

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Rocha, L. |date=2010 |title=Cirrhilabrus jordani |volume=2010 |page=e.T187447A8538083 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T187447A8538083.en |access-date=20 November 2021}}

| taxon = Cirrhilabrus jordani

| authority = Snyder, 1904

| image = Cirrhilabrus jordani.jpg

}}

Cirrhilabrus jordani, the flame wrasse, '', is a species of wrasse endemic to the Hawaiian Islands where it is found in groups on coral reefs at depths from {{convert|5|to|186|m|ft|abbr=on}}, though mostly above {{convert|30|m|ft|abbr=on}}. This species can reach a total length of {{convert|10|cm|in|abbr=on}}. It can be found in the aquarium trade.{{FishBase | genus = Cirrhilabrus | species = jordani| month = August| year = 2013}}

Etymology

The specific name honours the American ichthyologist David Starr Jordan (1851-1931).{{cite journal | author = J.O. Snyder | year = 1904 | title = A catalogue of the shore fishes collected by the steamer "Albatross" about the Hawaiian Islands in 1902 | journal = Bulletin of the U. S. Fish Commission | volume = 22 [1902] | pages = 513–538 | url = https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51762732#page/641/mode/1up}}

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