List of U.S. state fish
This is a list of official and *unofficial U.S. state fishes:
Table
State | Fish | Binomial nomenclature | Image | Year |
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Alabama | Largemouth bass (fresh water) | Micropterus salmoides | ![]() | 1975[1] |
Fighting tarpon (salt water) | Megalops atlanticus | ![]() | 1955[2] | |
Alaska | King salmon | Oncorhynchus tshawytscha | ![]() | 1962[3] |
Arizona | Apache trout | Oncorhynchus gilae (subspecies apache) | ![]() | 1986[4] |
Arkansas | ||||
California | Golden trout (fresh water) | Oncorhynchus mykiss (subspecies aguabonita) | ![]() | 1947[5] |
Garibaldi (salt water) | Hypsypops rubicundus | ![]() | 1995[6] | |
Colorado | Greenback cutthroat trout | Oncorhynchus clarki (subspecies stomias) | ![]() | 1994[7] |
Connecticut | American shad | Alosa sapidissima | ![]() | 2003[8] |
Delaware | Weakfish | Cynoscion regalis | ![]() | 1981[9] |
Florida | Florida largemouth bass (fresh water) | Micropterus salmoides (subspecies floridanus) | ![]() | 2007[10] |
Atlantic sailfish (salt water) | Istiophorus albicans | ![]() | 2007[11] | |
Georgia | Largemouth bass | Micropterus salmoides | ![]() | 1970[12] |
Hawaii | Humuhumunukunukuāpuaʻa | Rhinecanthus rectangulus | | 2006[13] |
Idaho | Cutthroat trout | Oncorhynchus clarki | ![]() | 1990[14] |
Illinois | Bluegill | Lepomis macrochirus | | 1991[15] |
Indiana | Largemouth Bass | Micropterus salmoides | ![]() | 1970[16] |
Iowa | Channel catfish | Ictalurus punctatus | ![]() | 2001[17] |
Kansas | Channel catfish | Ictalurus punctatus | ![]() | 2013[18] |
Kentucky | Kentucky spotted bass | Micropterus punctulatus | ![]() | 1956[19] |
Louisiana | White crappie | Pomoxis annularis | ![]() | 1993[20] |
Maine | Atlantic salmon | Salmo salar | ![]() | [21] |
Maryland | Rockfish (striped bass) | Morone saxatilis | ![]() | 1965[22] |
Massachusetts | Cod | Gadus morhua | ![]() | [23] |
Michigan | Brook trout | Salvelinus fontinalis | ![]() | 1988[24] |
Minnesota | Walleye | Sander vitreus | ![]() | 1965[25] |
Mississippi | Largemouth bass | Micropterus salmoides | ![]() | 1974[26] |
Missouri | Channel catfish (fish) | Ictalurus punctatus | ![]() | 1997[27] |
Paddlefish (aquatic animal) | Polyodon spathula | ![]() | 1997[28] | |
Montana | Cutthroat trout | Oncorhynchus clarki | ![]() | 1977[29] |
Nebraska | Channel catfish | Ictalurus punctatus | ![]() | 1997[30] |
Nevada | Lahontan cutthroat trout | Oncorhynchus clarki (subspecies henshawi) | ![]() | [31] |
New Hampshire | Brook trout (freshwater) | Salvelinus fontinalis | ![]() | 1994[32] |
Striped bass (salt water game fish) | Morone saxatilis | ![]() | 1994[33] | |
New Jersey | Brook trout | Salvelinus fontinalis | ![]() | 1991[34] |
New Mexico | Rio Grande cutthroat trout | Oncorhynchus clarki (subspecies virginalis) | ![]() | 2005[35] |
New York | Brook trout | Salvelinus fontinalis | ![]() | 1975[36] |
Striped bass (marine) | Morone saxatilis | ![]() | [37] | |
North Carolina | Channel Bass | Sciaenops ocellatus | ![]() | 1971[38] |
Southern Appalachian brook trout (freshwater trout) | Salvelinus fontinalis | ![]() | 2005[38] | |
North Dakota | Northern pike | Esox lucius | ![]() | [39] |
Ohio | None recognized[40] | |||
Oklahoma | White bass | Morone chrysops | ![]() | |
Oregon | Chinook Salmon | Oncorhynchus tshawytscha | ![]() | 1961 |
Pennsylvania | Brook trout | Salvelinus fontinalis | ![]() | 1970 |
Rhode Island | Striped bass | Morone saxatilis | ![]() | |
South Carolina | Striped bass | Morone saxatilis | ![]() | 1972[41] |
South Dakota | Walleye | Sander vitreus | ![]() | |
Tennessee | Largemouth bass (sport fish) | Micropterus salmoides | ![]() | |
Channel catfish (state commercial fish) | Ictalurus punctatus | ![]() | ||
Texas | Guadalupe bass | Micropterus treculii | ![]() | 1989[42] |
Utah | Bonneville cutthroat trout | Oncorhynchus clarki (subspecies utah) | ![]() | 1997[43] |
Vermont | Brook trout (cold water) | Salvelinus fontinalis | ![]() | |
Walleye (warm water) | Sander vitreus | ![]() | ||
Virginia | Brook trout (fresh water) | Salvelinus fontinalis | ![]() | |
Striped bass (salt water) | Morone saxatilis | ![]() | ||
Washington | Steelhead trout | Oncorhynchus mykiss | ![]() | 1969[44] |
West Virginia | West Virginia golden brook trout | Salvelinus fontinalis | ![]() | |
Wisconsin | Muskellunge | Esox masquinongy | ![]() | 1955[45] |
Wyoming | Cutthroat trout | Oncorhynchus clarkii | ![]() |
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See also
Notes
- ↑ Official Alabama Fresh Water Fish
- ↑ Official Alabama Saltwater Fish
- ↑ The Alaska State Chamber of Commerce :: Student Guide :: State Symbols
- ↑ ASLAPR - Museum Division
- ↑ California State Library - History and Culture - State Symbols
- ↑ California State Library - History and Culture - State Symbols
- ↑ Colorado Department of Personnel & Administration (DPA) Division of Information Technologies (DoIT)
- ↑ KIDS: State Fish
- ↑ Delaware Facts and Symbols - State Animals
- ↑ Official state freshwater fish. The 2007 Florida Statutes: Title IV, Chapter 15.036.
- ↑ Official state saltwater fish. The 2007 Florida Statutes: Title IV, Chapter 15.037
- ↑ Georgia State Symbols
- ↑ HB1982 SD1
- ↑ Governor C. L. "Butch" Otter - The State of Idaho - FYI Idaho State Symbols
- ↑
- ↑ Georgia State Symbols
- ↑ Senate Joint Resolution 2001. Iowa General Assembly.
- ↑
- ↑ Kentucky State Symbols - Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives
- ↑ http://www.sos.louisiana.gov/around/facts/facts-E.htm
- ↑ Secretary of State Kid's Page
- ↑ Rockfish (Striped Bass), Maryland State Fish
- ↑ M.G.L. - Chapter 2, Section 13
- ↑ http://www.senate.michigan.gov/kidspage/trout.pdf
- ↑ Minnesota Legislative Reference Library - Minnesota State Symbols
- ↑ http://www.its.state.ms.us/et/portal/MSSymbols/symbols.htm
- ↑ Office of the Secretary of State, Missouri
- ↑ Office of the Secretary of State, Missouri
- ↑ 1-1-507. State fish, Montana Code, accessed 23 April 2009.
- ↑ http://csd.unl.edu/general/statesymbols.asp
- ↑ Nevada Facts
- ↑ Section 3:20 State Freshwater Fish
- ↑ NH.gov - New Hampshire Almanac - State Animal
- ↑ New Jersey State Fish
- ↑ http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/05%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0013.html
- ↑ NY State Emblems - State Fish
- ↑ New York State Emblems
- 1 2 North Carolina State Symbols
- ↑ nd.gov: Official Portal for North Dakota State Government
- ↑ "Ohio Secretary of State, Symbols of Ohio". Ohio Secretary of State. Retrieved 2016-01-14.
- ↑ "SC Statehouse Student's web page, State Symbols and Emblems". South Carolina General Assembly. Archived from the original on 2007-06-22. Retrieved 2007-07-16.
- ↑
- ↑ Utah Symbols - Bonneville Cutthroat Trout from utah.gov "Pioneer - Utah's Online Library" page. Retrieved on 2008-03-25
- ↑ "Symbols of Washington State". Washington State Legislature. Archived from the original on 2007-03-05. Retrieved 2007-03-11.
- ↑ "Wisc. Stat. § 1.10(3)(g)". State of Wisconsin. Retrieved 2014-08-03.
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