Long-finned pike

Long-finned pike
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)

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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