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.