Sillago shaoi is a species of marine fish in the smelt-whiting family Sillaginidae. It is found in Western Pacific, from the Taiwan Strait between Taiwan and China. Entomology The fish is named in honor of ichthyologist Kwang-Tsao Shao (b. 1951), of the National Taiwan Ocean University. References Sillaginidae Taxa named by Gao Tian-Xiang Taxa named by Xiao Jia-Guang Fish described in 2016