Pao suvattii

Taxonavigation[edit]

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 suvattii

Pao suvattii (Sontirat & Soonthornsatit, 1985)

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

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

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

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. & 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.

English: Arrowhead Puffer
ไทย: ปลาปักเป้าควาย ปลาปักเป้าสุวัติถิ