turgidus, Monotrete Kottelat [M.] 2000:79, Fig. 73 [Journal of South Asian Natural History v. 5 (no. 1); ref. 25040] Xe Pon between rapids upstream and downstream of Ban Fuang, 16°37'06"N, 106°33'30"E, Savannakhet Province, Laos. Holotype: ZRC 45399. Paratypes: CMK 13751 (14), LARRI uncat. (3), NRM 44922 (3), ZRC 45400 (3). •Valid as Tetraodon turgidus (Kottelat 2000) -- (Ebert 2001:66 [ref. 25494]). •Valid as Pao turgidus (Kottelat 2000) -- (Kottelat 2013:480 [ref. 32989], Kottelat 2015:49 [ref. 33971], Fu et al. 2021:9573 [ref. 39347]). •Possible synonym of Pao abei (Roberts 1998) -- (Taki et al. 2021:506 [ref. 39830]). Current status: Valid as Pao turgidus (Kottelat 2000). Tetraodontidae. Distribution: Southeast Asia: Mekong River basin (Laos and Yunnan/China). Habitat: freshwater.