Goanna fish

Goanna fish
Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling
Scientific classification Edit this 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


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