Sillago shaoi

Sillago shaoi
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Acanthuriformes
Family: Sillaginidae
Genus: Sillago
Species:
S. shaoi
Binomial name
Sillago shaoi
T. X. Gao & J. G. Xiao, 2016

Sillago shaoi is a species of marine ray-finned fish in the smelt-whiting family Sillaginidae. It is found in the western Pacific Ocean, in the Taiwan Strait between Taiwan and China.[1]

Entomology

The fish is named in honor of ichthyologist Kwang-Tsao Shao (b. 1951), of the National Taiwan Ocean University.[2]

References

  1. ^ 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. Archived 2022-06-16 at the Wayback Machine Zoological Studies, 55 (47): 1-10.
  2. ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Series EUPERCARIA (Incertae sedis): Families CALLANTHIIDAE, CENTROGENYIDAE, DINOLESTIDAE, DINOPERCIDAE, EMMELICHTHYIDAE, MALACANTHIDAE, MONODACTYLIDAE, MORONIDAE, PARASCORPIDIDAE, SCIAENIDAE and SILLAGINIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Archived from the original on 7 April 2022. Retrieved 16 March 2022.