Pao abei

Monotrete abei

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Tetraodontoidei

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores 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 abei

Name

Pao abei (Roberts, 1998)

• Holotype: CAS 91016.
• Paratypes: CAS 91017-20 (2, 1, 4, 1), 91832 (2).

Type locality: Xe Bang Fai watershed, Xe Bang Fai at Ban Geng Sahwang, Mekong basin, Laos.

Etymology: Named in honor of Japanese ichthyologist Tokiharu Abe, who contributed very much to the study of this group of species.

Synonyms

• Tetraodon abei Roberts, 1998 (original combination)
  • Monotrete abei (Roberts, 1998) -- Kottelat, 2001

References

• Kottelat, M.; 2001: Fishes of Laos. WHT Publications, Colombo. 1-198, Pls. 1-48.

• 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. 
• 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. 

Links

• IUCN: Monotrete abei (Roberts, 1998) (Least Concern)

Vernacular names

• English: Abe's puffer, Orange spotted puffer
• ไทย: ปลาปักเป้าจุดส้ม