Long-finned pike

Long-finned pike
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Division: Teleostei
Order: Acropomatiformes
Family: Dinolestidae
T. D. Scott, 1962
Genus: Dinolestes
Klunzinger, 1872
Species:
D. lewini
Binomial name
Dinolestes lewini
Synonyms
  • 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

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.

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).

Juvenile specimen

See also

References

  1. ↑ Richard van der Laan; William N. Eschmeyer & Ronald Fricke (2014). "Family-group names of Recent fishes". Zootaxa. 3882 (2): 001–230.
  2. ↑ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Dinolestes". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
  3. 1 2 Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Dinolestes lewini". FishBase. April 2013 version.