Pao barbatus

Taxonavigation: Tetraodontoidei
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: Pao barbatus

Name

Pao barbatus (Roberts, 1998)

Holotype: CAS 79100.
Paratypes: CAS 79101-02 (5, 3), 79104 (not given), 91015 (1); NSMT-P 46293 (2); UMMZ 214496 (3), 217312 (not given), 217313-15 (2, 2, 1).

Type locality: Huay Huang, 30 kilometers west of Chiang Khan Loei Province, Thailand.

Roberts, T. R.; 1998: Freshwater fugu or pufferfishes of the genus Tetraodon from the Mekong basin, with descriptions of two new species. Ichthyological Research 45 (3): 225-234. Reference page.
Saenjundaeng, P., Grudpun, G. & Vidthayanon, C.; 2013: Validation of Tetraodon barbatus Roberts, 1998, a Freshwater Pufferfish (Family Tetraodontidae) from the Mekong River. Tropical Natural History, 13 (2): 77–85. PDF