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.

Pao abei

Species

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)

Pao baileyi

Related pages

• Escolar
• Pufferfish
• Abadzekhia
• Snake mackerel
• List of prehistoric bony fish genera
• Chibapsetta
• Aeoliscoides
• Leedsichthys
• Atractosteus
• Alligator gar
• Atractosteus africanus

References

1. 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.
2. Eschmeyer, W. N., R. Fricke, and R. van der Laan (18 February 2017). Catalog of Fishes. Retrieved 18 February 2017.