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

Thelong-finned pike oryellowfin pike (Dinolestes lewini) is a species ofacropomatiform ray-finned fish, theonly species in the genusDinolestes, as well as the familyDinolestidae.

It is an elongated fish with a pointed snout, and silver in color, similar in appearance to abarracuda, and grows up to 84 cm (33 in) intotal length. It isendemic to thecoastal waters of southernAustralia, includingNew South Wales, at depths between 5 and 65 m (16 and 213 ft).^[3]

• List of fish families

• Froese, Rainer;Pauly, Daniel (eds.)."Family Dinolestidae".FishBase. January 2006 version.
• "Dinolestes lewini".Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved27 March 2006.
• "Long-finned Pike". Australian Museum. Archived fromthe original on 17 November 2005. Retrieved28 March 2006.

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