Cirrhilabrus jordani

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	ACTINOPTERYGII	PERCIFORMES	LABRIDAE

Scientific Name:

Cirrhilabrus jordani

Species Authority:

Snyder, 1904

Common Name/s:

English

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Flame wrasse

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Least Concern ver 3.1
Year Published:	2010
Assessor/s:	Rocha, L.
Reviewer/s:	Craig, M.T. & Carpenter, K.E.
Contributor/s:
Justification: This species is only known from Hawaii and Johnston Atoll. It is relatively common along drop off areas. Even though this species is commercialized in the aquarium trade, and reaches very high values (average US $250.00 in the United States), most of its area of occurrence falls within the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Marine National Monument. Thus, it is listed as Least Concern.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This species is found in the Hawaiian Islands. Vagrants can be found in Johnston Atoll.
Countries:	Native: United States; United States Minor Outlying Islands
FAO Marine Fishing Areas:	Native: Pacific – eastern central; Pacific – northwest
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Population [top]

Population:	This species is common on reef dropoffs. Currently, the population size or trends have not been assessed. It is not present in the FAO global production estimates.
Population Trend:	Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	This species is found on reef and rubble from five to 186 m. It inhabits mixed coral, rubble, and rocky slopes.
Systems:	Marine

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	There are no known major threats to this species.

Major Threat(s):

There are no known major threats to this species.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	There are no species-specific conservation measures. However, 80% of its geographic range lies within the northwest Hawaiian Islands National Marine Sanctuary.

Conservation Actions:

There are no species-specific conservation measures. However, 80% of its geographic range lies within the northwest Hawaiian Islands National Marine Sanctuary.

Citation:	Rocha, L. 2010. Cirrhilabrus jordani. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 19 May 2013.
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