Goanna fish
| Goanna fish | |
|---|---|
| Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Notacanthiformes |
| Family: | Halosauridae |
| Genus: | Halosaurus |
| Species: | H. pectoralis |
| Binomial name | |
| Halosaurus pectoralis McCulloch, 1926 | |
The goanna fish, Australian halosaur, or common halosaur, Halosaurus pectoralis, is a halosaur of the genus Halosaurus, found in the south west Pacific Ocean.