The Eastern Australian Salmon, Arripis trutta, known as Kahawai in New Zealand

New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...

, is one of four species within the Arripis genus, found in cooler waters around the south eastern coast of Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

 and New Zealand. Although it is referred to as a salmon in Australia, it is not related to any species of salmon (see more on family Arripidae). They typically weigh between two and five lbs.

Name variants

It is known by a number of other names:

• Australian Salmon
• Bay Trout
• Black-backed Salmon
• Cocky Salmon
• Colonial Salmon
• Native Salmon
• Salmon Trout (sub-adult)