Pao suvattii

Taxonavigation

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 suvattii

Name

Pao suvattii (Sontirat & Soonthornsatit, 1985)

• Holotype: KUMF 2917.
• Paratypes: KUMF 2918 (93); NIFI 01418 (1).

Type locality: Thailand, Nong Khai Province, Mekong River [Nam Oon, Sakhon Nakhon].

Etymology: suvattii named after Chote Suvatti, former Thai ichthyologist.

Synonyms

• Tetraodon suvattii Sontirat & Soonthornsatit, 1985
  • Monotrete suvattii (Sontirat & Soonthornsatit, 1985) -- Kottelat, 2001

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. 
• Sontirat, S. & Soonthornsatit, S. (1985). A new puffer species of Thailand: Tetraodon suvattii n. sp. Proceedings of the 23rd Conference of the Fisheries Section, Kasetsart University, Bangkok, pp. 49–53.

Links

• IUCN: Monotrete suvattii (Sontirat, 1989) (Least Concern)

Vernacular names

English: Arrowhead Puffer
ไทย: ปลาปักเป้าควาย ปลาปักเป้าสุวัติถิ