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title: "Longfin Pike"
description: "Dinolestes lewini — Vissen. 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."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/longfin-pike
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Longfin Pike

> Dinolestes lewini — Vissen. 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.

- Scientific name: *Dinolestes lewini*
- Category: `fish` (Vissen)
- Habitats: `sea` (Zee en kust)
- iNaturalist observations: 1384
- Wikidata: [Q1317467](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1317467)
- iNaturalist taxon: [55389](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/55389)

## Names

- en: Longfin Pike
- de: Langflossenhecht
- it: Dinolestidae
- pt: Dinolestidae

## Countries with the most observations

AU (1300)

## Summary

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).

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long-finned_pike

## Photo

![Longfin Pike](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/longfin-pike/medium.jpg)

Photo: Alejandro Treviño · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/43497553

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/longfin-pike?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).