Parapercis shaoi

Parapercis shaoi is a ray-finned fish species in the sandperch family, Pinguipedidae. It is found in Taiwan.^[1] This species reaches a length of 15.3 cm (6.0 in).^[2]

Parapercis shaoi
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Labriformes
Family:	Pinguipedidae
Genus:	Parapercis
Species:	P. shaoi
Binomial name
Parapercis shaoi J. E. Randall, 2008

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.^[3]