jordani, Choerops Snyder [J. O.] 1908:98 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 35 (no. 1635); ref. 4150] Naha market, Okinawa Island, Ryukyu Islands, Japan. Holotype: USNM 62235. Paratypes: CAS-SU 21103 (2), USNM 74549 (1). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:84 [ref. 12291]. •Valid as Choerodon jordani (Snyder 1908) -- (Yamakawa in Masuda et al. 1984:202 [ref. 6441], Yamakawa in Okamura et al. 1985:527, 697 [ref. 8056], Allen & Swainston 1988:114 [ref. 25477], Randall et al. 1990:307 [ref. 15987], Allen 1997:186 [ref. 23977], Kuiter 1997:272 [ref. 25488], Parenti & Randall 2000:10 [ref. 24943], Westneat in Randall & Lim 2000:628 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:970 [ref. 25182], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:354 [ref. 25191], Allen 2000:112 [ref. 25868], Hutchins 2001:39 [ref. 25847], Westneat 2001:3400 [ref. 26277], Nakabo 2002:970 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:48 [ref. 26830], Randall et al. 2004:21 [ref. 27624], Randall 2005:401 [ref. 28239], Allen et al. 2006:1379 [ref. 29095], Motomura et al. 2010:162 [ref. 31256], Kuiter 2010:64 [ref. 35285], Miyamoto et al. 2015:83 [ref. 33938], Koeda et al. 2016:74 [ref. 35333], Gomon 2017:8, 79 [ref. 35547], Abe et al. 2024:9 [ref. 41435]). Current status: Valid as Choerodon jordani (Snyder 1908). Labridae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: southern China, Taiwan, Japan; northern Australia and New Caledonia east to Fiji. Habitat: marine.