Pao turgidus

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 turgidus

Name

Pao turgidus (Kottelat, 2000)

• Holotype: ZRC 45399.
• Paratypes: CMK 13751 (14); LARRI uncat. (3); NRM 44922 (3); ZRC 45400 (3).

Type locality: Laos, Savannakhet Province, Xe Pon between rapids upstream and downstream of Ban Fuang, 16°37'06"N, 106°33'30"E [1].

Synonyms

• Monotrete turgidus Kottelat, 2000
  • Monotrete turgida Kottelat, 2000
  • Tetraodon turgidus (Kottelat, 2000) -- Ebert, 2001

References

• Kottelat, M. 2000. Diagnoses of a new genus and 64 new species of fishes from Laos (Teleostei: Cyprinidae, Balitoridae, Bagridae, Syngnathidae, Chaudhuriidae and Tetraodontidae). Journal of South Asian Natural History 5(1): 37–82. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• 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.