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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




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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
Barracuda

The barracuda is a ray-finned fish known for its large size and fearsome appearance. Its body is long, fairly compressed, and covered with small, smooth scale ....
, and grows up to 84 cm long. It is endemic
Endemic (ecology)

Endemism is the ecological state of being unique to a particular geographic location, such as a specific island, Habitat type, nation, or other defined zone....
 to the coastal waters of southern Australia
Australia

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 including New South Wales
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, at depths of between 5 and 65 m
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