Fish › Kahawai

Eastern Australian Salmon

Arripis trutta

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in New Zealand.January 19, February 14, March 21, April 14, May 11, June 10, July 11, August 7, September 16, October 5, November 8, December 24.
New Zealand160
Australia117
New South Wales52
Victoria52
Wellington Region52
Canterbury Region35
Waikato Region16
Taranaki Region13
Tasmania11
Northland Region8

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • AquaticLives primarily in waterFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassRay-finned Fishes · Actinopterygii
OrderMackerels, Tunas, Butterfishes, and Allies · Scombriformes
FamilyKahawai · Arripidae
GenusKahawai · Arripis

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Eastern Australian Salmon with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.