Parapercis shaoi explained

Parapercis shaoi is a fish species in the sandperch family, Pinguipedidae. It is found in Taiwan.^[1] This species reaches a length of 15.3cm (06inches).

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of ichthyologist and marine ecologist Kwang-Tsao Shao (b. 1951), of the Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taiwan, who collected first type specimen from Taiwan in 1975.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Randall, J.E., 2008. Six new sandperches of the genus Parapercis from the Western Pacific, with description of a neotype for P. maculata (Bloch and Schneider). The Raffles Bull. Zool. 19:159-178.
2. Web site: Order URANOSCOPIFORMES: PINGUIPEDIDAE, CHEIMARRICHTHYIDAE, AMMODYTIDAE and URANOSCOPIDAE . 6 March 2022 . Christopher Scharpf . Kenneth J. Lazara . amp . The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database . Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara . 22 September 2018.