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Arripis trutta (Forster, 1801)

Description

Dorsal spines (total): 9; Dorsal soft rays (total): 15 - 17; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 9 - 10; Vertebrae: 25. Adults are dark blue-green above and silvery below, with irregularly defined spots arranged laterally in indistinct rows (Ref. 33616). Length of upper lobe of caudal fin < 29.9% SL, more or less equal to, or less than, the length fo the head (Ref. 9701).

Common Names

  • Østaustralsk laks , Danish , Denmark
  • Australian salmon , English , Global
  • Australian salmon , English , USA
  • Bay trout , English , Australia
  • Black back , English , Australia
  • Black-backed salmon , English , Australia
  • Buck , English , Australia
  • Buck salmon , English , Australia
  • Cocky salmon , English , Australia
  • Colonial salmon , English , Australia
  • Eastern Australian salmon , English , Australia
  • Kahawai , English , Australia
  • Kahawai , English , New Zealand
  • Kahawai , English , Kermadec Is.
  • Kermadec kahawai , English , New Zealand
  • Native salmon , English , Australia
  • Newfish , English , Australia
  • Salmon , English , Australia
  • Salmon trout , English , Australia
  • Three kings , English , New Zealand
  • Suur arrip , Estonian , Estonia
  • Saumon australien , French , Global
  • 澳鱸 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 澳鲈 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • Ahuriri , Maori , New Zealand
  • Kahawai , Maori , New Zealand
  • Aripis , Polish , Poland
  • Łosoś australijski , Polish , Poland
  • Peixe-grosa-australiano , Portuguese , Portugal
  • Лосось австралийский , Russian , Russia
  • Salmón de Australia , Spanish , Spain
  • Арип , Ukrainian , Ukraine
  • Лосось австралійський , Ukrainian , Ukraine

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Scombriformes

    Family: Arripidae

    Genus: Arripis

    Species: Arripis trutta (Forster, 1801)

    Climate Zone

  • Subtropical

    • Location

  • Southwest Pacific: southern Australia (including Tasmania, Lord Howe Island and Norfolk Island), usually Brisbane to Western Victoria, rarely to Western Australia; and New Zealand (including Chatham and Kermadec Islands).

    • Biology

    Inhabit continental shelf waters including estuaries, bays and inlets (Ref. 6390). Found between depths of 30 m (Ref. 33616) and 39 m (Ref. 58489). They enter rivers (Ref. 9002). Juveniles form school in shallow coastal bays and estuaries; adults move in large schools along shores (Ref. 9002), and can move over reefs in depths just sufficient to cover their bodies (Ref. 6390). They form large surface aggregations in deep water (Ref. 6390). Feed mainly on fishes but also on pelagic crustaceans, especially krill (Nyctiphanes australis). Take also food from the seabed. Fish smaller than 10 cm feed predominantly on copepods (Ref. 9072). Utilized fresh, canned and frozen; can be steamed, fried, broiled, boiled, microwaved and baked (Ref. 9988).

    Habitat

    brackish