Kwang-Tsao Shao

Kwang-Tsao Shao, Taiwanese ichthyologist.

• Research Center for Biodiversity, Academia Sinica, Nankang, Taipei 115, Taiwan
• National Taiwan Ocean University, Jhongjheng, Keelung 20224, Taiwan

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

• 12 taxon names authored by Kwang-Tsao Shao

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

1995

• Chen, J.P. & Shao, K.T. 1995. New species of wrasse, Pseudocoris ocellatus (Pisces: Labridae), from Taiwan. Copeia 1995(3): 689–693. DOI: 10.2307/1446766 Reference page. 

1999

• Chen, I.S., Wu, H.L. & Shao, K.S. 1999. A new species of Rhinogobius (Teleostei: Gobiidae) from Fujian Province, China. Ichthyological Research 46(2): 171-178. Reference page. 

2008

• Chen, I.S., Cheng, Y.H. & Shao, K.T. 2008. A new species of Rhinogobius (Teleostei: Gobiidae) from the Julongjiang Basin in Fujian Province, China. Ichthyological Research 55: 335-343. Reference page. 

2010

• Ho, H-C. & Shao, K-T. 2010. A new species of Chaunax (Lophiiformes: Chaunacidae) from the western South Pacific, with comment on C. latipunctatus. Zootaxa 2445: 53–61. Preview DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2445.1.3 Reference page. 

2011

• Ho, H.-C. & Shao, K.-T. 2011. Annotated checklist and type catalog of fish genera and species described from Taiwan. Zootaxa 2957: 1–74. Preview 2957: 1–74. PDF. Reference page. 

2012

• Chen, I-S., Jaafar, Z. & Shao, K.-T. 2012. A new Obliquogobius Koumans, 1941 (Teleostei: Gobiidae) from Kumejima, Ryukyu Islands, Japan. Zootaxa 3367: 269–273. Preview PDF Reference page. 
• Chen, I-S., Suzuki, T. & Shao, K.-T. 2012. A new deepwater goby of the genus Discordipinna Hoese & Fourmanoir, 1978 (Teleostei: Gobiidae) from Kumejima of the Ryukyus, Japan. Zootaxa 3367: 274–280. Preview PDF Reference page. 

2014

• Shao, K.-T., Lin, J., Yeh, H.-M., Lee, M.-Y., Chen, L.-S. & Lin, H.-W. 2014. A dataset of deep-sea fishes surveyed by research vessels in the waters around Taiwan. ZooKeys 466: 103-110. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.466.8523 Reference page. 

2015

• Gon, O., Liao, Y-C. & Shao, K.-T. 2015. A new species of the cardinalfish genus Jaydia (Teleostei: Apogonidae) from the Philippines. Zootaxa 3980(2): 286–393. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3980.2.9 Preview (PDF). Reference page. 
• Gon, O., Liao, Y-C. & Shao, K-T. 2015. OFER GON, YUN-CHIH LIAO & SHAO KWANG-TSAO (2015) A new species of the cardinalfish genus Jaydia (Teleostei: Apogonidae) from the Philippines. Zootaxa, 3980: 286–292. (ERRATUM). Zootaxa 4007(4): 600–600. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4007.4.12 Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Ho, H-C., McCosker, J.E., Smith, D.G. & Shao, K-T. 2015. Introduction to the systematics and biodiversity of eels (orders Anguilliformes and Saccopharyngiformes) of Taiwan. Zootaxa 4060(1): 5–18. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4060.1.3 Preview (PDF). Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Ho, H.-C., Smith, D.G. & Shao, K.-T. 2015. Notes on the congrid eel genus Parabathymyrus from the western Pacific Ocean, with the description of a new species (Pisces: Anguilliformes: Congridae). Zootaxa 4060(1): 131–139. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4060.1.15 Preview (PDF). Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Ho, H-C., Smith, D.G., McCosker, J.E., Hibino, Y., Loh, K-H., Tighe, K.A. & Shao, K-T. 2015. Annotated checklist of eels (orders Anguilliformes and Saccopharyngiformes) from Taiwan. Zootaxa 4060(1): 140–189. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4060.1.16 Preview (PDF). Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Lin, J., Smith, D.G., Shao, K.-T. & Chen, H.-M. 2015. Saurenchelys gigas sp. nov., a new nettastomatid eel (Teleostei, Anguilliformes, Nettastomatidae) from the western central Pacific. Zootaxa 4060(1): 121–130. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4060.1.14 Preview (PDF). Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Loh, K-H., Shao, K-T., Ho, H-C., Lim, P-E. & Chen, H-M. 2015. A new species of moray eel (Anguilliformes: Muraenidae) from Taiwan, with comments on related elongate unpatterned species. Zootaxa 4060(1): 30–40. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4060.1.5 Preview (PDF). Full article (PDF). Reference page. 

2016

• Ho, H-C., Chen, J-P. & Shao, K-T. 2016. A new species of the lizardfish genus Synodus (Aulopiformes: Synodontidae) from the western Pacific Ocean. Zootaxa 4162(1): 134–142. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4162.1.6 Reference page. 
• Huang, S.-P., Chen, I-S. & Shao, K-T. 2016. A new species of Rhinogobius (Teleostei: Gobiidae) from Zhejiang Province, China. Ichthyological Research 63: 470-479. DOI: 10.1007/s10228-016-0516-9 Reference page. 
• Huang, S.-P., Chen, I-S., Yung, M.M.N. & Shao, K.-T. 2016. The Recognition and Molecular Phylogeny of Mugilogobius mertoni Complex (Teleostei: Gobiidae), with Description of a New Cryptic Species of M. flavomaculatus from Taiwan. Zoological Studies, 55: 39. DOI: 10.6620/ZS.2016.55-39 . Reference page. 

2018

• Chiu, Y-C., Shao, K-T., Huang, S-P. & Chen, H-M. 2018. The freshwater snake eel genus Lamnostoma (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) in Taiwan, with description of a new species. Pp 18–32 In Ho, H-C., Holleman, W., Hilton, E.J., Smith, D.G. & McCosker, J.E. (eds.), Systematics and biodiversity of eels (orders Anguilliformes and Saccopharyngiformes) of Taiwan (II). Zootaxa, 4454(1): 1–237. Reference page. . Zootaxa 4454(1): 18–32. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4454.1.4 PDF Reference page. 
• Lin, J., Shao, K-T. & Smith, D.G. 2018. The eel genus Macrocephenchelys (Anguilliformes: Congridae) in Taiwan, with description of a new species. Pp 186–199 In Ho, H-C., Holleman, W., Hilton, E.J., Smith, D.G. & McCosker, J.E. (eds.), Systematics and biodiversity of eels (orders Anguilliformes and Saccopharyngiformes) of Taiwan (II). Zootaxa, 4454(1): 1–237. Reference page.  Zootaxa 4454(1): 186–199. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4454.1.15 PF Reference page. 

2019

• Hibino, Y., Chiu, Y-C., Chen, H-M. & Shao, K-T. 2019. Two new species of the genus Ophichthus from the western central Pacific Ocean, with a redescription of Ophichthus megalops Asano, 1987 (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae). Pp 140–154 In Ho, H-C., Koeda, K. & Hilton, E.J., (eds.), Study on the fish taxonomy and diversity of Taiwan. Zootaxa, 4702(1): 1–229. Reference page.  Zootaxa 4702(1): 140–154. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4702.1.17 pdf Reference page. 
• Ho, H-C. & Shao, K-T. 2019. Two new deep-sea anglerfishes (Oneirodidae and Gigantactidae) from Taiwan, with synopsis of Taiwanese ceratioids. Pp 10–18 In Ho, H-C., Koeda, K. & Hilton, E.J., (eds.), Study on the fish taxonomy and diversity of Taiwan. Zootaxa, 4702(1): 1–229. Reference page.  Zootaxa 4702(1): 10–18. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4702.1.5 pdf Reference page. 

2024

• Chen, I-S.; Shao, K-T. & Huang, S-P. 2024. A new Calamiana species (Teleostei: Gobiidae) from brackish waters of northern Taiwan. Zootaxa 5550(1): 213–223. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5550.1.21. Reference page.