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Pao (fish)

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Order
  
Tetraodontiformes

Scientific name
  
Pao

Rank
  
Genus

Phylum
  
Chordata

Family
  
Tetraodontidae

Higher classification
  
Pufferfish

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Similar
  
Pufferfish, Pao cochinchinensis, Pao suvattii, Pao palembangensis, Pao leiurus

Pao is a genus of mostly freshwater pufferfish with one species (P. leiurus) also occurring in brackish water. They are found in Southeast Asia. Until 2013, its species were generally placed in Tetraodon.

Species

There are currently 15 recognized species in this genus:

  • 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)
  • Tetraodon palustris (Saenjundaeng, Vidthayanon & Grudpun, 2013)
  • Pao suvattii (Sontirat, 1989)
  • Pao turgidus (Kottelat, 2000)

    • References

    Pao (fish) Wikipedia
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