Pao baileyi

Hairy puffer (Pao baileyi)

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Tetraodontoidei

Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Craniata 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 baileyi

Name

Pao baileyi (Sontirat, 1985)

• Holotype: KUMF 2874? or 3874?.
• Paratypes: KUMF 1375 (2); NIFI 001175 (4).

Type locality: Mekong River, Boondharik District, Ubon Ratchathani Province, Thailand.

• Etymology: baileyi named for American ichthyologist Reeve M. Bailey (1911-2011).

Synonyms

• Tetraodon baileyi Sontirat, 1985
  • Monotrete baileyi (Sontirat, 1985) -- 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. Full issue (PDF). Reference page. 
• Sontirat, S. 1985. Three new species of freshwater fishes from Thailand. Thai Fisheries Gazette 38(1): 41–49. Reference page. 

Links

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

Vernacular names

English: Hairy puffer, Ragged puffer
ไทย: ปลาัปักเป้าขน, ปลาเป้าขน