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Class: Teleostei
Order: Tetraodontiformes
Family: Tetraodontidae Puffers
Subfamily: Tetraodontinae
Genus: Pao

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13 species (see list below)
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Photo by JJPhoto

Asia
Max. Length 10.3 cm SL
Pao abei (Roberts, 1998)

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Pao abei
[]

Photo by Baird, I.G.

Asia
Max. Length 12 cm SL
Pao baileyi (Sontirat, 1985)

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Pao baileyi
[Hairy puffer]
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Pao bergii
[]
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Max. Length 9.5 cm SL
 
Pao brevirostris
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Asia
Max. Length 15.3 cm SL
Pao cambodgiensis (Chabanaud, 1923)

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Pao cambodgiensis
[]

Photo by Jean-Francois Helias / Fishing Adventures Thailand

Asia
Max. Length 11.3 cm SL
Pao cochinchinensis (Steindachner, 1866)

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Pao cochinchinensis
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Pao fangi
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Pao hilgendorfii
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Asia
Max. Length 16 cm
Pao leiurus (Bleeker, 1850)

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Pao leiurus
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Pao ocellaris
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Asia
Max. Length 19.4 cm SL
Pao palembangensis (Bleeker, 1851)

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Pao palembangensis
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Photo by Jean-Francois Helias / Fishing Adventures Thailand

Asia
Max. Length 11.5 cm SL
Pao suvattii (Sontirat & Soonthornsatit, 1985)

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Pao suvattii
[]

Photo by WWF Thailand-Canon / Vidthayanon, C.

Asia
Max. Length 18.5 cm SL
Pao turgidus (Kottelat, 2000)

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Pao turgidus
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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Pao abei Asia 10.3 SL 1998
Pao baileyi Hairy puffer Asia 12 SL 1985
Pao bergii Asia 1905
Pao brevirostris Asia 9.5 SL 1957
Pao cambodgiensis Asia 15.3 SL 1923
Pao cochinchinensis Asia 11.3 SL 1866
Pao fangi Asia 1940
Pao hilgendorfii Asia 1905
Pao leiurus Asia 16 1850
Pao ocellaris Asia 1957
Pao palembangensis Asia 19.4 SL 1851
Pao suvattii Asia 11.5 SL 1985
Pao turgidus Asia 18.5 SL 2000



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