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 
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 

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

 References 

 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.

Category:Tetraodontidae
Category:Freshwater fish