Long-finned pike

Long-finned pike
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Family:	Dinolestidae T. D. Scott, 1962
Genus:	Dinolestes Klunzinger, 1872
Species:	D. lewini
Binomial name
Dinolestes lewini (E. Griffith & C. H. Smith, 1834)
Synonyms
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 perciform 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).

See also

• List of fish families

References

• Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2006). "Dinolestidae" in 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.