Halosaurus radiatus

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Halosaurus radiatus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Notacanthiformes
Family: Halosauridae
Genus: Halosaurus
Species:
H. radiatus
Binomial name
Halosaurus radiatus
Garman, 1899

Halosaurus radiatus, also known as the Albatross halosaur, is a fish in the family Halosauridae. [1] [2]

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References

  1. "Halosaurus radiatus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 12 Sep 2012.[ permanent dead link ]
  2. Van Der Laan, Richard; Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ronald (11 November 2014). "Family-group names of Recent fishes". Zootaxa. 3882 (1): 1–230. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1 . PMID   25543675.