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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]

Pao
Pao abei
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Tetraodontiformes
Family:	Tetraodontidae
Genus:	Pao Kottelat, 2013
Type species
Tetraodon leiurus Bleeker, 1850
Synonyms
Monotrete

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

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