Parapercis shaoi is a ray-finned fish species in the sandperch family, Pinguipedidae.

[1] This species reaches a length of 15.3 cm (6.0 in).

[2] 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.

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