Arripis trutta, known as the Australian salmon or as kahawai in New Zealand, is one of four species of marine fish within the Arripis genus, found in cooler waters around the south eastern coast of Australia and New Zealand. Although it is referred to as a salmon in Australia, it is not related to salmons of the family Salmonidae. These fish typically weigh between 1 and 2.5 kg with some rare specimans reaching a weight of 6KG. "How to catch a kahawai – a top NZ sportfish". Bish on Fish Further Australian name variants of Arripis trutta include bay trout, black back, black-backed salmon, buck, buck salmon, cocky salmon, colonial salmon, Eastern Australian salmon, native salmon, newfish, salmon trout and three kings.
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