Long-finned pike
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| Dinolestes lewini (Griffith & Smith, 1834) |
The long-finned pike or yellowfin pike, Dinolestes lewini, is a species of perciform fish, the only species in the genus Dinolestes and 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 the coastal waters of southern Australia including New South Wales, at depths of between 5 and 65 m.
[edit] References
- "Dinolestidae". FishBase. Ed. Rainer Froese and Daniel Pauly. January 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.
- "Dinolestes lewini". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. June 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.
- Dinolestes lewini (TSN 645670). Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved on 27 March 2006.
- Long-finned Pike. Australian Museum.
