WoRMS taxon details
Dinolestes lewini (Griffith & Smith, 1834)
280548 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:280548)
accepted
Species
Dinolestes muelleri Klunzinger, 1872 · unaccepted
Esox lewini Griffith & Smith, 1834 · unaccepted
Lanioperca mordax Günther, 1872 · unaccepted
Neosphyraena multiradiata Castelnau, 1872 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Esox lewini Griffith & Smith, 1834) Griffith, E.; Smith, C. H. (1834). The class Pisces, arranged by the Baron Cuvier, with supplementary additions, by Edward Griffith, F.R.S., &c. and Lieut.-Col. Charles Hamilton Smith, F.R., L.S.S., &c. &c. <em>In: Cuvier, G: The animal kingdom, arranged in conformity with its organization, by the Baron Cuvier, member of the Institute of France, &c. &c. &c., with supplementary additions to each order, by Edward Griffith ... and others. (2nd ed.) Whittaker & Co., London.</em> 1-680, Pls. 1-62 + 3. [English treatment of Cuvier's "Régne Animal"; supplements by Griffith and Smith; authorship variously cited.]. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Dinolestes lewini (Griffith & Smith, 1834). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=280548 on 2025-03-24
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Esox lewini Griffith & Smith, 1834) Griffith, E.; Smith, C. H. (1834). The class Pisces, arranged by the Baron Cuvier, with supplementary additions, by Edward Griffith, F.R.S., &c. and Lieut.-Col. Charles Hamilton Smith, F.R., L.S.S., &c. &c. <em>In: Cuvier, G: The animal kingdom, arranged in conformity with its organization, by the Baron Cuvier, member of the Institute of France, &c. &c. &c., with supplementary additions to each order, by Edward Griffith ... and others. (2nd ed.) Whittaker & Co., London.</em> 1-680, Pls. 1-62 + 3. [English treatment of Cuvier's "Régne Animal"; supplements by Griffith and Smith; authorship variously cited.]. [details]
original description (of Neosphyraena multiradiata Castelnau, 1872) Castelnau, F. L. (1872). Contribution to the ichthyology of Australia. No. 1.--The Melbourne fish market (pp. 29-242). No. II.--Note on some South Australian fishes (pp. 243-247). <em>Proceedings of the Zoological and Acclimatisation Society of Victoria, Melbourne.</em> v. 1: 29-247 plus 1 p. Errata, 1 pl.
page(s): 97 [details]
original description (of Neosphyraena multiradiata Castelnau, 1872) Castelnau, F. L. (1872). Contribution to the ichthyology of Australia. No. 1.--The Melbourne fish market (pp. 29-242). No. II.--Note on some South Australian fishes (pp. 243-247). <em>Proceedings of the Zoological and Acclimatisation Society of Victoria, Melbourne.</em> v. 1: 29-247 plus 1 p. Errata, 1 pl.
page(s): 97 [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
additional source
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (10 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications) (from synonym Lanioperca mordax Günther, 1872)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Neosphyraena multiradiata Castelnau, 1872)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Dinolestes muelleri Klunzinger, 1872)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Esox lewini Griffith & Smith, 1834)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Dinolestes lewini)
To FishBase (from synonym Esox lewini Griffith & Smith, 1834)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Lanioperca mordax Günther, 1872)
To FishBase (from synonym Neosphyraena multiradiata Castelnau, 1872)
To FishBase (from synonym Dinolestes muelleri Klunzinger, 1872)
To FishBase images (Dinolestes lewini, Australia, by Yau, B.)
To GenBank (16 nucleotides; 12 proteins)
To GenBank (16 nucleotides; 12 proteins) (from synonym Esox lewini Griffith & Smith, 1834)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Dinolestes lewini RAD114318-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Dinolestes lewini RAD114318-001)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications) (from synonym Lanioperca mordax Günther, 1872)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Neosphyraena multiradiata Castelnau, 1872)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Dinolestes muelleri Klunzinger, 1872)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Esox lewini Griffith & Smith, 1834)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Dinolestes lewini)
To FishBase (from synonym Esox lewini Griffith & Smith, 1834)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Lanioperca mordax Günther, 1872)
To FishBase (from synonym Neosphyraena multiradiata Castelnau, 1872)
To FishBase (from synonym Dinolestes muelleri Klunzinger, 1872)
To FishBase images (Dinolestes lewini, Australia, by Yau, B.)
To GenBank (16 nucleotides; 12 proteins)
To GenBank (16 nucleotides; 12 proteins) (from synonym Esox lewini Griffith & Smith, 1834)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Dinolestes lewini RAD114318-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Dinolestes lewini RAD114318-001)
To ITIS
