| Goanna fish | |
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| Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling | |
|  Scientific classification   | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Chordata | 
| Class: | Actinopterygii | 
| Order: | Notacanthiformes | 
| Family: | Halosauridae | 
| Genus: | Halosaurus | 
| Species: | H. pectoralis  | 
| Binomial name | |
| Halosaurus pectoralis  McCulloch, 1926  | |
The goanna fish (Halosaurus pectoralis), also known as Australianhalosaur or common halosaur, is a halosaur species of deep-sea fish in the genus Halosaurus , found in the southwestern Pacific Ocean.