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).