Pao turgidus[2] is a species of freshwater pufferfish native to the Mekong basin (Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam). It may also occur in the Chao Phraya basin in Thailand.[1] This species grows to a length of 18.5 centimetres (7.3 in) SL.[3]
These pufferfish are toxic, like many other pufferfishes. In Cambodia, poisonings caused by eating pufferfish caught from lakes and rivers are common and sometimes result in fatalities. The toxin, primarily saxitoxin, is likely acquired through food, and mostly accumulates in the skin. The toxin typically found in marine pufferfishes, tetrodotoxin, is toxic to the Mekong pufferfish, and does not accumulate similarly in the skin.[4]
Pao turgidus is a species of freshwater pufferfish native to the Mekong basin (Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam). It may also occur in the Chao Phraya basin in Thailand. This species grows to a length of 18.5 centimetres (7.3 in) SL.
These pufferfish are toxic, like many other pufferfishes. In Cambodia, poisonings caused by eating pufferfish caught from lakes and rivers are common and sometimes result in fatalities. The toxin, primarily saxitoxin, is likely acquired through food, and mostly accumulates in the skin. The toxin typically found in marine pufferfishes, tetrodotoxin, is toxic to the Mekong pufferfish, and does not accumulate similarly in the skin.
Pao turgidus es una especie de peces de la familia Tetraodontidae en el orden de los Tetraodontiformes.
Los machos pueden llegar alcanzar los 18,5 cm de longitud total.[1][2]
Es un pez de agua dulce, de clima tropical y pelágico.
Se encuentran en Asia: cuenca del río Mekong y, probablemente también, la del río Chao Phraya.
Es inofensivo para los humanos.
Pao turgidus es una especie de peces de la familia Tetraodontidae en el orden de los Tetraodontiformes.
Tetraodon turgidus Tetraodon generoko animalia da. Arrainen barruko Tetraodontidae familian sailkatzen da.
Tetraodon turgidus Tetraodon generoko animalia da. Arrainen barruko Tetraodontidae familian sailkatzen da.
