Goanna fish
The goanna fish, Australian halosaur, or common halosaur, Halosaurus pectoralis, is a halosaur of the genus Halosaurus, found in the south west Pacific Ocean.
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Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling | |
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Species: | H. pectoralis |
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Halosaurus pectoralis McCulloch, 1926 | |
References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Halosaurus pectoralis" in 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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