shaoi, Parapercis Randall [J. E.] 2008:171, Fig. 15 [Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Suppl. No. 19; ref. 29931] Off Nanfangao, 24.5818°N, 121.8668°E, I-Lan County, northeastern Taiwan. Holotype: ASIZP 65966. Paratypes: ASIZP 66064 (1), BMNH 2007.9.13.1 (1), BPBM 40667 (1), BSKU 91321 (1), USNM 391495 (1). Type catalog: Ho & Shao 2011:51 [ref. 31432]. •Valid as Parapercis shaoi Randall 2008 -- (Prokofiev 2010:587 [ref. 31007], Ho & Shao 2011:51 [ref. 31432], Ho et al. 2012:163 [ref. 31812], Ho 2014:71 [ref. 33574], Johnson & Motomura 2017:126 [ref. 35593], Yosuva et al. 2020:563 [ref. 37560]). Current status: Valid as Parapercis shaoi Randall 2008. Pinguipedidae. Distribution: Western North Pacific: Japan and Taiwan. Habitat: marine.