Jack Pike

About this species

The long-finned pike or yellowfin pike is a species of acropomatiform ray-finned fish, the only species in the genus Dinolestes, as well as the family Dinolestidae.

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Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 411 records
February: 377 records
March: 429 records
April: 284 records
May: 244 records
June: 174 records
July: 74 records
August: 112 records
September: 87 records
October: 175 records
November: 198 records
December: 226 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 4–22 m · Deepest record: 79 m

0–10 m: 770 records
10–20 m: 246 records
20–30 m: 56 records
30–40 m: 25 records
40–50 m: 26 records
50–60 m: 17 records
60–70 m: 19 records
70–80 m: 2 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 14–21 °C

12–14 °C: 130 records
14–16 °C: 225 records
16–18 °C: 17 records
18–20 °C: 11 records
20–22 °C: 18 records

Photos

(c) Bruce Deagle, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Tim, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Bruce Deagle, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Josh Nitschke, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Valentin Moser, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Bryce Watts-Parker, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Belinda Forbes, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

Names and classification

English: Jack Pike, Long-finned Pike, Longfinned Pike, Long-finned Seapike, Longfin Pike, Skipjack Pike, Yellowfin Pike

Names in 2 more languages

German: Langflossenhecht
Simplified Chinese: 长鳍海盗鲷

Other scientific names: Dinolestes muelleri, Esox lewini, Lanioperca mordax, Neosphyraena multiradiata

Sources and credits

Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).

Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
3,473 open-data records from 1912 to 2023.
Species data updated November 2, 2026.