Pao abei

{{Short description|Species of fish}} {{Speciesbox | image = Tetraodon abei.jpg | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name=IUCN>{{Cite journal | author = Vidthayanon, C. | title = ''Tetraodon abei'' | journal = The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species | volume = 2012 | page = e.T187985A1842328 | publisher = IUCN | date = 2012 | url = http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/187985/0 | doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T187985A1842328.en | access-date = 15 January 2018| doi-access = free }}</ref> | taxon = Pao abei | authority = (T. R. Roberts, 1998) | synonyms = * ''Tetraodon abei'' <small>T. R. Roberts, 1998</small> * ''Monotrete abei'' <small>(T. R. Roberts, 1998)</small> | range_map = | range_map_caption = }}

'''''Pao abei'''''<ref name=Kottelat2013>{{cite journal|last=Kottelat |first=M. |date=2013 |url=https://lkcnhm.nus.edu.sg/app/uploads/2017/04/rbz_S27.pdf |title=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 |journal=The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology |volume=Supplement No. 27 |pages=1–663 |access-date=16 December 2021}}</ref> is a species of freshwater pufferfish from the Mekong, Chao Phraya and Mae Klong river basins in Southeast Asia. It is named after Japanese ichthyologist Tokiharu Abe.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Roberts |first=T.R. |author-link=Tyson R. Roberts |title=Freshwater fugu or pufferfishes of the genus ''Tetraodon'' from the Mekong basin, with descriptions of two new species |journal=Ichthyological Research |volume=45 |issue=3 |pages=225–234 |date=1998 |doi=10.1007/BF02673920|bibcode=1998IchtR..45..225R }}</ref>

They are molluscivores, using the beak-like teeth to break open the shell of the prey. They are also opportunistic piscivores.

Maximum length is {{convert|10.3|cm|in}} SL. Numerous pale spots are uniformly distributed over a dark background. The spots are orange in certain live specimens.<ref>{{FishBase | genus = Tetraodon | species = abei | year = 2013| month = March}}</ref>

In the aquarium this fish is very aggressive and territorial.<ref>นิตยสารอควาเรี่ยมบิส Vol.1 issue 4 ฉบับเดือน ตุลาคม 2010 คอลัมน์ ''เปิดกรุ...ปักเป้าน้ำจืด'' {{in lang|th}}</ref>

They are closely related to Pao leiurus. <ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Yamada |first1=Akinori |last2=Hamaguchi |first2=Ayaka |last3=Sakoda |first3=Hikari |last4=Kakamu |first4=Motohiro |last5=Doi |first5=Hiroyuki |last6=Hasin |first6=Sasitorn |last7=Arakawa |first7=Osamu |date=2021-04-03 |title=Complete mitochondrial genomes of the Southeast Asian freshwater pufferfishes, Pao abei (Roberts, 1998) and Pao suvattii (Sontirat and Soonthornsatit, 1985) (Tetraodontiformes: Tetraodontidae) and an insight into the taxonomic status of Pao species |journal=Mitochondrial DNA Part B |language=en |volume=6 |issue=4 |pages=1448–1450 |doi=10.1080/23802359.2021.1911708 |issn=2380-2359 |pmc=8079078 |pmid=33969194}}</ref>

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== External links == * [http://www.thepufferforum.com/forum/ug.php/v/PufferPedia/Freshwater/T_abei/ Pictures of ''Tetraodon abei''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090220073043/http://www.thepufferforum.com/forum/ug.php/v/PufferPedia/Freshwater/T_abei/ |date=2009-02-20 }}

Category:Tetraodontidae Category:Fish described in 1998 Category:Fish of the Mekong Basin Category:Fish of Cambodia Category:Fish of Laos Category:Fish of Thailand