Goanna fish
| 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 Australian halosaur or common halosaur, is a halosaur species of deep-sea fish in the genus Halosaurus, found in the southwestern Pacific Ocean.
References
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Halosaurus pectoralis". FishBase. April 2006 version.
- Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8