Pao (fish)
Genus of fishes
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Pao is a genus of mostly freshwater pufferfish with one species (P. leiurus) also occurring in brackish water. They are found in Southeast Asia.[1] Until 2013, its species were generally placed in Tetraodon.[1]
| Pao | |
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| Pao abei | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Tetraodontiformes |
| Family: | Tetraodontidae |
| Subfamily: | Tetraodontinae |
| Genus: | Pao Kottelat, 2013 |
| Type species | |
| Tetraodon leiurus Bleeker, 1850 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Monotrete | |
Species
There are currently 15 recognized species in this genus:[1][2]
- Pao abei (T. R. Roberts, 1998)
- Pao baileyi (Sontirat, 1989) (Hairy puffer)
- Pao barbatus (Roberts, 1998)
- Pao bergii (Popta, 1905)
- Pao brevirostris (Benl, 1957)
- Pao cambodgiensis (Chabanaud, 1923)
- Pao cochinchinensis (Steindachner, 1866)
- Pao fangi (Pellegrin & Chevey, 1940)
- Pao hilgendorfii (Popta, 1905)
- Pao leiurus (Bleeker, 1850)
- Pao ocellaris (Klausewitz, 1957)
- Pao palembangensis (Bleeker, 1852)
- Pao palustris (Saenjundaeng, Vidthayanon & Grudpun, 2013)
- Pao suvattii (Sontirat, 1989)
- Pao turgidus (Kottelat, 2000)
