| Pao abei | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Tetraodontiformes |
| Family: | Tetraodontidae |
| Genus: | Pao |
| Species: | P. abei |
| Binomial name | |
| Pao abei (T. R. Roberts, 1998) | |
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Pao abei 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.
They are molluscivores, using the beak-like teeth to break open the shell of the prey. They are also opportunistic piscivores.
Maximum length is 10.3 centimetres (4.1 in) SL. Numerous pale spots are uniformly distributed over a dark background. The spots are orange in certain live specimens.
In the aquarium this fish is very aggressive and territorial.
They are closely related to Pao leiurus.
References
- Vidthayanon, C. (2012). "Tetraodon abei". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. IUCN: e.T187985A1842328. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T187985A1842328.en. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
- Kottelat, M. (2013). "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" (PDF). The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. Supplement No. 27: 1–663. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
- Roberts, T.R. (1998). "Freshwater fugu or pufferfishes of the genus Tetraodon from the Mekong basin, with descriptions of two new species". Ichthyological Research. 45 (3): 225–234. Bibcode:1998IchtR..45..225R. doi:10.1007/BF02673920.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Tetraodon abei". FishBase. March 2013 version.
- นิตยสารอควาเรี่ยมบิส Vol.1 issue 4 ฉบับเดือน ตุลาคม 2010 คอลัมน์ เปิดกรุ...ปักเป้าน้ำจืด (in Thai)
- Yamada, Akinori; Hamaguchi, Ayaka; Sakoda, Hikari; Kakamu, Motohiro; Doi, Hiroyuki; Hasin, Sasitorn; Arakawa, Osamu (2021-04-03). "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". Mitochondrial DNA Part B. 6 (4): 1448–1450. doi:10.1080/23802359.2021.1911708. ISSN 2380-2359. PMC 8079078. PMID 33969194.
External links
- Pictures of Tetraodon abei Archived 2009-02-20 at the Wayback Machine
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