| 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.