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) |
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.