Goanna fish
Encyclopedia
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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Halosaur
Halosaurs are eel-shaped fishes found only at great ocean depths. As the family Halosauridae, halosaurs are one of two families within the order Notacanthiformes; the other being the deep-sea spiny eels. Halosaurs are thought to have a worldwide distribution, with some seventeen species in three...
of the genus Halosaurus
Halosaurus
Halosaurus is a genus of fish in the family Halosauridae. This genus currently contains the following recognized specis:* Halosaurus attenuatus Garman, 1899* Halosaurus carinicauda...
, found in the south west Pacific Ocean
Pacific Ocean
The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth's oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic in the north to the Southern Ocean in the south, bounded by Asia and Australia in the west, and the Americas in the east.At 165.2 million square kilometres in area, this largest division of the World...
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