Flame Wrasse
The flame wrasse, ''Cirrhilabrus jordani'', is a species of wrasse endemism, endemic to the Hawaiian Islands where it is found in groups on coral reefs at depths from , though mostly above . This species can reach a fish measurement, total length of . It can be found in the aquarium trade. Etymology The Specific name (zoology), specific name honours the United States, American ichthyologist David Starr Jordan (1851-1931). References

Cirrhilabrus, jordani Fish of Hawaii Endemic fauna of Hawaii Taxa named by John Otterbein Snyder Fish described in 1904 {{Labridae-stub ...
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John Otterbein Snyder
John Otterbein Snyder (August 14, 1867 – August 19, 1943) was an American ichthyologist and professor of zoology at Stanford University. History As a student he met David Starr Jordan who inspired him to enter zoology. He eventually became a zoology instructor at Stanford University and served there from 1899 until 1943. He went on several major collecting expeditions aboard the in the early 1900s and organized the U.S. National Museum's fish collection in 1925. The same year he also declined the directorship there so he could return to Stanford. He was a long-term member of the California Academy of Sciences and worked for the California Bureau of Fisheries. He wrote many articles and papers as well as describing several new species of sharks. San Francisco Bay In 1905, Snyder, then Assistant Professor of Zoology at Stanford, published ''Notes on the fishes of the streams flowing into San Francisco Bay'' in ''Report of the Commissioner of Fisheries to the Secretary of Comme ...
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