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| Pao hilgendorfii | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Tetraodontiformes |
| Family: | Tetraodontidae |
| Genus: | Pao |
| Species: | P. hilgendorfii
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| Binomial name | |
| Pao hilgendorfii (Popta, 1905)
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Pao hilgendorfii,[1] sometimes known as Hilgendorf's puffer,[2] is a species of pufferfish in the family Tetraodontidae. It is a tropical freshwater species native to the Mahakam basin in Borneo. The species was originally described as a member of Tetraodon but was moved to the then-new genus Pao in 2013.[3]