kahawai

Meaning

Arripis trutta, a marine fish found around the southeastern coast of Australia and New Zealand, having a dark bluish-green body with indistinct rows of spots forming narrow irregular bands on the upper sides.

Synonyms

colonial salmon

bay trout

black-backed salmon

cocky salmon

eastern australian salmon

jack salmon

blackback

native salmon

ocean trout

jacky

poundies

lumpy

buck salmon

cockie salmon

Etymology

Borrowed from Maori.