Species that contain: Tetraodon and abei [ 2 ] records

abei, Tetraodon Roberts [T. R.] 1998:228, Fig. 3 [Ichthyological Research v. 45 (no. 3); ref. 23472] Xe Bang Fai watershed, Xe Bang Fai at Ban Geng Sahwang, Mekong basin, Laos. Holotype: CAS 91016. Paratypes: CAS 91017-20 (2, 1, 4, 1), 91832 (2). •Valid as Monotrete abei (Roberts 1998) -- (Kottelat 2001:164 [ref. 25780]). •Valid as Tetraodon abei Roberts 1998 -- (Ebert 2001:50 [ref. 25494], Saenjundaeng et al. 2013:77 [ref. 33104], Saenjundaeng et al. 2013:77 [ref. 32782]). •Valid as Pao abei (Roberts 1998) -- (Kottelat 2013:479 [ref. 32989], Kottelat 2015:49 [ref. 33971], Taki et al. 2021:506 [ref. 39830]). Current status: Valid as Pao abei (Roberts 1998). Tetraodontidae. Distribution: Southeast Asia: Mae Klong, Chao Phraya and Mekong River basins, Thailand, Laos and Cambodia. Habitat: freshwater.

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.