Long-finned pike
| Long-finned pike | |
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| 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) | |
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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 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).[1]
See also
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.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Dinolestes lewini" in FishBase. April 2013 version.