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] The fish is named in honor of ichthyologist Kwang-Tsao Shao (b.

1951), of the National Taiwan Ocean University.

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