Long-finned pike

The long-finned pike or yellowfin pike (Dinolestes lewini) is a species of acropomatiform ray-finned fish, the only species in the genus Dinolestes, as well as the family Dinolestidae.

Long-finned pike
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Acropomatiformes
Family:	Dinolestidae T. D. Scott, 1962 [1]
Genus:	Dinolestes Klunzinger, 1872 [2]
Species:	D. lewini
Binomial name
Dinolestes lewini (E. Griffith & C. H. Smith, 1834)
Synonyms[3]
Esox lewini E. Griffith & C. H. Smith, 1834 Neosphyraena multiradiata Castelnau, 1872 Lanioperca mordax Günther,1872 Dinolestes muelleri Klunzinger, 1872

A school of long-finned pike

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).^[3]

Juvenile specimen

See also

• List of fish families