Pao barbatus explained

Pao barbatus is a species of freshwater pufferfish found in the Mekong River in southeast Asia.^[1]

It is closely related to Tetraodon (Pao) cambodgiensis and was generally considered a junior synonym of that species until 2013.^[1] In the same year its species group was moved from the genus Tetraodon to Pao.^{[2] [3]}

Notes and References

1. Saenjundaeng, P., Grudpun, C., & Vidthayanon, C. (2013): Validation of Tetraodon barbatus Roberts, 1998, a Freshwater Pufferfish (Family Tetraodontidae) from the Mekong River. Tropical Natural History, 13 (2): 77-85.
2. [Maurice Kottelat|Kottelat, M.]
3. Eschmeyer, W. N., R. Fricke, and R. van der Laan (18 February 2017). Catalog of Fishes. Retrieved 18 February 2017.