Editing Arripis (section)

==Diet==
''Arripis trutta'' is principally a pelagic feeder, which however occasionally feeds from the sea bottom, demonstrating a pragmatic approach to their diet as it appears they feed on those fishes which are locally abundant such as shoals of small fish on which preys. Small kahawai below 100mm in length mainly eat copepods and planktonic crustaceans.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Baker |first1=Alan |title=Food and feeding of Kahawai (Teleostei: Arripididae) |journal=New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research |date=1971 |volume=5 |issue=2 |pages=291–299 |doi=10.1080/00288330.1971.9515382 |doi-access=free |bibcode=1971NZJMF...5..291B }}</ref> This was derived from the analysis of 326 stomachs of the kahawai from Wellington Harbour, which exhibited that the fish is a voracious carnivore which feeds mainly on fishes and to a lesser extent on planktonic crustaceans.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Baker |first1=Alan |title=Food and feeding of Kahawai (Teleostei: Arripididae) |journal=New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research |date=1971 |volume=5 |issue=2 |pages=291–299 |doi=10.1080/00288330.1971.9515382 |doi-access=free |bibcode=1971NZJMF...5..291B }}</ref>