Pao (fish)
| Pao | |
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| Pao abei | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia
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| Phylum: | Chordata
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| Genus: | Pao Kottelat, 2013
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| Type species | |
| Tetraodon leiurus Bleeker, 1850
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Monotrete | |
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]
Species[]
There are currently 15 recognized species in this genus:[1][2]
- Pao abei (T. R. Roberts, 1998)
- Pao baileyi (, 1989) (Hairy puffer)
- Pao barbatus (Roberts, 1998)
- (Popta, 1905)
- (, 1957)
- Pao cambodgiensis (Chabanaud, 1923)
- Pao cochinchinensis (Steindachner, 1866)
- (Pellegrin & , 1940)
- (Popta, 1905)
- Pao leiurus (Bleeker, 1850)
- (Klausewitz, 1957)
- Pao palembangensis (Bleeker, 1852)
- (, Vidthayanon & , 2013)
- Pao suvattii (, 1989)
- Pao turgidus (Kottelat, 2000)
References[]
- ^ a b c Kottelat, M. (2013): The Fishes of the Inland Waters of Southeast Asia: A Catalogue and Core Bibliography of the Fishes Known to Occur in Freshwaters, Mangroves and Estuaries. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 2013, Supplement No. 27: 1–663.
- ^ Eschmeyer, W. N., R. Fricke, and R. van der Laan (18 February 2017). Catalog of Fishes. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
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