Long-finned pike
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| Long-finned pike | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Dinolestidae |
| Genus: | Dinolestes Klunzinger , 1872 |
| Species: | D. lewini |
| Binomial name | |
| Dinolestes lewini (Griffith & Smith, 1834) |
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The long-finned pike or yellowfin pike, Dinolestes lewini, is a species of perciform fish, the only species in the genus Dinolestes as well as the familia 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 long. It is endemic to the coastal waters of southern Australia including New South Wales, at depths of between 5 and 65 m.
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[edit] References
- Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2006). "Dinolestidae" in FishBase. January 2006 version.
- Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2006). "Dinolestes lewini" in FishBase. June 2006 version.
- "Dinolestes lewini". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=645670. Retrieved 27 March 2006.
- "Long-finned Pike". Australian Museum. Archived from the original on 17 November 2005. http://web.archive.org/web/20051117002706/http://www.amonline.net.au/fishes/fishfacts/fish/dlewini.htm. Retrieved 28 March 2006.
