Pao

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Sectio: Ctenosquamata
Subsectio: Acanthomorphata
Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae
Series: Eupercaria
Ordo: Tetraodontiformes
Subordo: Tetraodontoidei

Familia: Tetraodontidae
Genus: Pao
Species: P. abei – P. baileyi – P. barbatus – P. bergii – P. brevirostris – P. cambodgiensis – P. cochinchinensis – P. fangi – P. hilgendorfii – P. leiurus – P. ocellaris – P. palembangensis – P. suvattii – P. turgidus
Name

Pao Kottelat, 2013

Type species: Tetraodon leiurus Bleeker, 1850 by original designation

Gender: masculine

Etymology: Pao, from the local name of pufferfishes in Thai and Lao languages, pla pao and pa pao, respectively, with pla and pa meaning fish, and pao meaning purse.
References

Kottelat, M. 2013. The fishes of the inland waters of southeast Asia: a catalogue and core bibiography of the fishes known to occur in freshwaters, mangroves and estuaries. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Supplement No. 27: 1–663. PDF. Reference page.

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

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.