''Sillago shaoi'' is a species of

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fish in the smelt-whiting family

Sillaginidae The Sillaginidae, commonly known as the smelt-whitings, whitings, sillaginids, sand borers and sand-smelts, are a family of benthic coastal marine fish in the order Perciformes. The smelt-whitings inhabit a wide region covering much of the Indo ...

. It is found in Western Pacific, from the Taiwan Strait between Taiwan and

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. Xiao, J.-G., Song, N., Han, Z.-Q. & Gao, T.-X. (2016)
Description and DNA Barcoding of a New ''Sillago'' species, ''Sillago shaoi'' (Perciformes: Sillaginidae), in the Taiwan Strait.
''Zoological Studies, 55 (47): 1-10.''

Entomology

The fish is named in honor of ichthyologist Kwang-Tsao Shao (b. 1951), of the

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References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q111271157 Sillaginidae Taxa named by Gao Tian-Xiang Taxa named by Xiao Jia-Guang Fish described in 2016