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  Name Long-finned pike
  Regnum Animal ia
  Phylum Chordata
  Classis Actinopterygii
  Ordo Perciformes
  Familia '''Dinolestidae'''
  Genus '''''Dinolestes'''''
  Genus Authority Klunzinger , 1872
  Species '''''D lewini'''''
  Binomial ''Dinolestes lewini''
  Binomial Authority (Griffith & Smith, 1834)


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 .


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