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Australian Salmons
Arripis
Arripis is a genus of marine fishes from Australia and New Zealand, known as Australian salmon, kahawai and Australian herring. They are the only members of the family Arripidae. Despite the common name, Australian salmon are not related to the salmon family Salmonidae of the Northern Hemisphere, just as Australian herring are not related to herring of the Northern Hemisphere, but belong to the order Perciformes of perch-like fishes. Australian salmon were named so by early...
4 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 4 known species

Eastern Australian Salmon
speciesArripis trutta

Australian Herring
speciesArripis georgiana

Western Australian Salmon
speciesArripis truttacea

Kermadec Kahawai
speciesArripis xylabion
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 85301.