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title: "Eastern Australian Salmon"
description: "Arripis trutta — Pesci. Arripis trutta, known as the Australian salmon in Australia and as kahawai in New Zealand, is a South Pacific marine fish and one of the four extant species within the genus Arripis, native to the cooler waters around the southeastern Australian coasts and the New Zealand coastline."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/eastern-australian-salmon
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Eastern Australian Salmon

> Arripis trutta — Pesci. Arripis trutta, known as the Australian salmon in Australia and as kahawai in New Zealand, is a South Pacific marine fish and one of the four extant species within the genus Arripis, native to the cooler waters around the southeastern Australian coasts and the New Zealand coastline.

- Scientific name: *Arripis trutta*
- Category: `fish` (Pesci)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mare e costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 1361
- Wikidata: [Q14245820](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14245820)
- iNaturalist taxon: [85295](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/85295)

## Names

- en: Eastern Australian Salmon
- es: Salmón australiano oriental
- nl: Australische zalm
- pl: Aripis

## Countries with the most observations

NZ (739), AU (425)

## Summary

Arripis trutta, known as the Australian salmon in Australia and as kahawai in New Zealand, is a South Pacific marine fish and one of the four extant species within the genus Arripis, native to the cooler waters around the southeastern Australian coasts and the New Zealand coastline. Other common names for this species include Eastern Australian salmon, Eastern Australian mackerel, bay trout, blackback salmon (or just "black back"), buck salmon (or "buck"), cocky salmon, colonial salmon, woolley Judith, newfish and salmon trout.
Although it is referred to as "salmon" in Australian English and its species epithet trutta…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arripis_trutta

## Photo

![Eastern Australian Salmon](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/eastern-australian-salmon/medium.jpg)

Photo: Chris · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/158018795

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/eastern-australian-salmon?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).