title: Lestidiops
text: # Lestidiops
  
  Lestidiops is a genus of barracudinas.
  
  ## Species
  
  There are currently 15 recognized species in this genus:
  
  * Lestidiops affinis (Ege, 1933) (Barracudina)
  * Lestidiops bathyopteryx (Fowler, 1944)
  * Lestidiops cadenati (Maul, 1962)
  * Lestidiops distans (Ege, 1953)
  * Lestidiops extrema (Ege, 1953)
  * Lestidiops gracilis (Ege, 1953)
  * Lestidiops indopacifica (Ege, 1953) (Indo-Pacific barracudina)
  * Lestidiops jayakari (Boulenger, 1889)
     * Lestidiops jayakari jayakari (Boulenger, 1889) (Pacific barracudina)
     * Lestidiops jayakari pseudosphyraenoides (Ege, 1918)
  * Lestidiops mirabilis (Ege, 1933) (Strange pike smelt)
  * Lestidiops neles (Harry, 1953)
  * Lestidiops pacificus (A. E. Parr, 1931)
  * Lestidiops ringens (D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1880) (Slender barracudina)
  * Lestidiops similis (Ege, 1933)
  * Lestidiops sphyraenopsis C. L. Hubbs, 1916
  * Lestidiops sphyrenoides (A. Risso, 1820)
  