Pao (fish)
Pao is a genus of freshwater pufferfish. They are found in Southeast Asia. In 2013, its species were placed in the genus Tetraodon.
Species[change | change source]
The 15 currently recognized species in this genus are:
- Pao abei (T. R. Roberts, 1998)
- Pao baileyi (Sontirat, 1989) (Hairy pufferfish)
- 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) (Arrowhead puffer)
- Pao turgidus (Kottelat, 2000)
Related pages[change | change source]
- Escolar
- Pufferfish
- Abadzekhia
- Snake mackerel
- List of prehistoric bony fish genera
- Chibapsetta
- Aeoliscoides
- Leedsichthys
- Atractosteus
- Alligator gar
- Atractosteus africanus
References[change | change source]
- 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. Archived 2013-12-02 at the Wayback Machine 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.
