{{Short description|Genus of fishes}} {{Automatic taxobox | name = | image = Tetraodon abei.jpg | image_caption = ''Pao abei'' | taxon = Pao | authority = Kottelat, 2013 | type_species = ''Tetraodon leiurus'' | type_species_authority = Bleeker, 1850 | synonyms = ''Monotrete'' }}
'''''Pao''''' is a genus of mostly freshwater pufferfish with one species (''P. leiurus'') also occurring in brackish water. They are found in Southeast Asia.<ref name=Kottelat2013/> Until 2013, its species were generally placed in ''Tetraodon''.<ref name=Kottelat2013/>
==Species== There are currently 15 recognized species in this genus:<ref name=Kottelat2013>Kottelat, M. (2013): [http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/s27/rbz_S27.pdf The Fishes of the Inland Waters of Southeast Asia: A Catalogue and Core Bibliography of the Fishes Known to Occur in Freshwaters, Mangroves and Estuaries.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202225925/http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/s27/rbz_S27.pdf |date=2013-12-02 }} ''The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 2013, Supplement No. 27: 1–663.''</ref><ref>Eschmeyer, W. N., R. Fricke, and R. van der Laan (18 February 2017). ''[http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp Catalog of Fishes.]''<!-- search: Pao --> Retrieved 18 February 2017.</ref>
* ''Pao abei'' <small>(T. R. Roberts, 1998)</small> * ''Pao baileyi'' <small>(Sontirat, 1989)</small> (Hairy puffer) * ''Pao barbatus'' <small>(Roberts, 1998)</small> * ''Pao bergii'' <small>(Popta, 1905)</small> * ''Pao brevirostris'' <small>(Benl, 1957)</small> * ''Pao cambodgiensis'' <small>(Chabanaud, 1923)</small> * ''Pao cochinchinensis'' <small>(Steindachner, 1866)</small> * ''Pao fangi'' <small>(Pellegrin & Chevey, 1940)</small> * ''Pao hilgendorfii'' <small>(Popta, 1905)</small> * ''Pao leiurus'' <small>(Bleeker, 1850)</small> * ''Pao ocellaris'' <small>(Klausewitz, 1957)</small> * ''Pao palembangensis'' <small>(Bleeker, 1852)</small> * ''Pao palustris'' <small>(Saenjundaeng, Vidthayanon & Grudpun, 2013)</small> * ''Pao suvattii'' <small>(Sontirat, 1989)</small> * ''Pao turgidus'' <small>(Kottelat, 2000)</small>
==References== {{Reflist}}
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Category:Tetraodontidae Category:Freshwater fish of Asia Category:Freshwater fish genera Category:Taxa named by Maurice Kottelat
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