Arripis trutta (Forster, 1801)
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
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 is Latin for trout, it is not related to true salmons or trouts, which belong to the family Salmonidae of the order Salmoniformes. All Arripis species belong to the family Arripidae of the order Scombriformes.
Wikipedia contributors, Arripis trutta; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T19:04:13.512619+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Arripis trutta (Forster, 1801)
- Name authority
- (Forster, 1801)
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Scombriformes
- Family
- Arripidae
- Genus
- Arripis
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderScombriformes
- familyArripidae Gill, 1893
- genusArripis Jenyns, 1840
- speciesArripis trutta (Forster, 1801)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Arripis. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Arripis xylabion Paulin, 1993 | ArripidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Sciaena trutta Forster, 1801 Forster, 1801 | synonym |
| Centropristes sapidissimus Richardson, 1842 Richardson, 1842 | synonym |
| Perca marginata Cuvier, 1828 Cuvier, 1828 | synonym |
| Arripis trutta marginata (Cuvier, 1828) (Cuvier, 1828) | synonym |
| Centropristes salar Richardson, 1839 Richardson, 1839 | synonym |
| Centropristes tasmanicus Hombron & Jacquinot, 1853 Hombron & Jacquinot, 1853 | synonym |
| Centropristis salar Richardson, 1839 Richardson, 1839 | synonym |
| Sciaena mulloides sapidissimus Solander, 1842 Solander, 1842 | synonym |
| Perca trutta Bosc, 1802 Bosc, 1802 | synonym |
| Arripis salar (Richardson, 1839) (Richardson, 1839) | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=279693 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:GV3L. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.