Long-finned pike

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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 and 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 native to the eastern Indian Ocean and the coastal waters of southern Australia.

References

• ["Dinolestidae"]. FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. January 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.
• "[Dinolestes lewini]." FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. January 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.
• [Dinolestes lewini (TSN 645670)]. Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Accessed on 27 March 2006.

 

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