| Eastern Australian Salmon | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Arripidae |
| Genus: | Arripis |
| Species: | A. trutta |
| Binomial name | |
| Arripis trutta (Forster, 1801) |
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The Eastern Australian Salmon, Arripis trutta, known as Kahawai in New Zealand, is one of four species 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 any species of salmon (see more on family Arripidae). They typically weigh between two and five lbs.[1]
It is known by a number of other names: