There are currently 15 recognized species in this genus: •
Pao abei (
T. R. Roberts, 1998) •
Pao baileyi (
Sontirat, 1989) (Hairy puffer) •
Pao barbatus (Roberts, 1998) •
Pao bergii (
Popta, 1905) •
Pao brevirostris (
Benl, 1957) •
Pao cambodgiensis (
Chabanaud, 1923) •
Pao cochinchinensis (
Steindachner, 1866) •
Pao fangi (
Pellegrin &
Chevey, 1940) •
Pao hilgendorfii (
Popta, 1905) •
Pao leiurus (
Bleeker, 1850) •
Pao ocellaris (
Klausewitz, 1957) •
Pao palembangensis (
Bleeker, 1852) •
Pao palustris (
Saenjundaeng,
Vidthayanon &
Grudpun, 2013) •
Pao suvattii (
Sontirat, 1989) •
Pao turgidus (
Kottelat, 2000) ==References==