Long-finned pike

Long-finned pike
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Acropomatiformes
Family:	Dinolestidae T. D. Scott, 1962 [2]
Genus:	Dinolestes Klunzinger, 1872 [1]
Species:	D. lewini
Binomial name
Dinolestes lewini (E. Griffith & C. H. Smith, 1834)
Synonyms[3]
Esox lewini E. Griffith & C. H. Smith, 1834 Neosphyraena multiradiata Castelnau, 1872 Lanioperca mordax Günther,1872 Dinolestes muelleri Klunzinger, 1872

The long-finned pike or yellowfin pike (Dinolestes lewini) is a species of acropomatiform ray-finned fish, the only species in the genus Dinolestes, as well as the family Dinolestidae.

It is an elongated fish with a pointed snout, and silver in color, similar in appearance to a barracuda, and grows up to 84 cm (33 in) in total length. It is endemic to the coastal waters of southern Australia, including New South Wales, at depths between 5 and 65 m (16 and 213 ft).^[3]

See also

• List of fish families

References

• Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Family Dinolestidae". FishBase. January 2006 version.
• "Dinolestes lewini". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 27 March 2006.
• "Long-finned Pike". Australian Museum. Archived from the original on 17 November 2005. Retrieved 28 March 2006.

1. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Dinolestes". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
2. Richard van der Laan; William N. Eschmeyer & Ronald Fricke (2014). "Family-group names of Recent fishes". Zootaxa. 3882 (2): 001–230.
3. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Dinolestes lewini". FishBase. April 2013 version.