Pao brevirostris

Taxonavigation

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 brevirostris

Name

Pao brevirostris (Benl, 1957)

• Holotype: BMNH 1956 [or 1957].1.7.1.
• Paratype: BMNH 1957.1.7.2 (1)

Type locality: unknown [aquarium-fish trade, guessed to originate from Thailand].

Synonyms

• Tetraodon leiurus brevirostris Benl, 1957
  • Tetraodon brevirostris Benl, 1957
  • Monotrete brevirostris (Benl, 1957) -- Tan & Kottelat, 2009
• Tetraodon palustris Saenjundaeng et al., 2013

References

• Benl, G.; 1957: Tetraodon leiurus brevirostris, subsp. nova. Ein Nachtrag zu den Süßwasser-Kugelfischen in DATZ 9 (6-8), 1956. Aquarien und Terrarien-Zeitschrift, 10 (3): 63–65.
• 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. 
• Saenjundaeng, P.; Vidthayanon, C.; Grudpun, C. 2013: Tetraodon palustris, a new freshwater pufferfish (Tetraodontiformes: Tetraodontidae) from the Mekong Basin of Thailand. Zootaxa 3686(1): 77–84. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3686.1.4 Reference page.