It also usually contains yellow-eye mullet, black bream and Australian salmon.

The yellow-eye mullet is similar to the flathead mullet but has a more pointed snout and does as large a size.

The yellow-eye mullet schools in large numbers in summer and enters bays and estuaries, but does not usually enter fresh water.

The yellow-eye mullet, Aldrichetta forsteri, is a mullet of the family Mugilidae, the only species in the genus Aldrichetta.

The Māori name for the area is Kaiuau (kai means food and aua is Yellow-eye mullet) or O-ruapaeroa (an east wind blowing along the shore).