NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: complete
Latest Record Review: 2017

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Subfamily - Tetraodontinae
  Family - Tetraodontidae
  Suborder - Tetraodontoidei
  Order - Tetraodontiformes
  Superorder - Acanthopterygii
  Class - Teleostei
  Superclass - Actinopterygii
  Infraphylum - Gnathostomata
  Subphylum - Vertebrata
  Phylum - Chordata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Pao ocellaris
      Species - Pao abei
      Species - Pao barbatus
      Species - Pao fangi
      Species - Pao turgidus
      Species - Pao suvattii
      Species - Pao baileyi
      Species - Pao palembangensis
      Species - Pao leiurus
      Species - Pao bergii
      Species - Pao hilgendorfii
      Species - Pao cambodgiensis
      Species - Pao palustris
      Species - Pao cochinchinensis
      Species - Pao brevirostris