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
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

• Lists of U.S. state insignia
• Lists of U.S. state animals

Notes

1. Official Alabama Fresh Water Fish
2. Official Alabama Saltwater Fish
3. The Alaska State Chamber of Commerce :: Student Guide :: State Symbols
4. ASLAPR - Museum Division
5. California State Library - History and Culture - State Symbols
6. California State Library - History and Culture - State Symbols
7. Colorado Department of Personnel & Administration (DPA) Division of Information Technologies (DoIT)
8. KIDS: State Fish
9. Delaware Facts and Symbols - State Animals
10. Official state freshwater fish. The 2007 Florida Statutes: Title IV, Chapter 15.036.
11. Official state saltwater fish. The 2007 Florida Statutes: Title IV, Chapter 15.037
12. Georgia State Symbols
13. HB1982 SD1
14. Governor C. L. "Butch" Otter - The State of Idaho - FYI Idaho State Symbols
16. Georgia State Symbols
17. Senate Joint Resolution 2001. Iowa General Assembly.
19. Kentucky State Symbols - Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives
20. http://www.sos.louisiana.gov/around/facts/facts-E.htm
21. Secretary of State Kid's Page
22. Rockfish (Striped Bass), Maryland State Fish
23. M.G.L. - Chapter 2, Section 13
24. http://www.senate.michigan.gov/kidspage/trout.pdf
25. Minnesota Legislative Reference Library - Minnesota State Symbols
26. http://www.its.state.ms.us/et/portal/MSSymbols/symbols.htm
27. Office of the Secretary of State, Missouri
28. Office of the Secretary of State, Missouri
29. 1-1-507. State fish, Montana Code, accessed 23 April 2009.
30. http://csd.unl.edu/general/statesymbols.asp
31. Nevada Facts
32. Section 3:20 State Freshwater Fish
33. NH.gov - New Hampshire Almanac - State Animal
34. New Jersey State Fish
35. http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/05%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0013.html
36. NY State Emblems - State Fish
37. New York State Emblems
38. North Carolina State Symbols
39. nd.gov: Official Portal for North Dakota State Government
40. "Ohio Secretary of State, Symbols of Ohio". Ohio Secretary of State. Retrieved 2016-01-14.
41. "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.
43. Utah Symbols - Bonneville Cutthroat Trout from utah.gov "Pioneer - Utah's Online Library" page. Retrieved on 2008-03-25
44. "Symbols of Washington State". Washington State Legislature. Archived from the original on 2007-03-05. Retrieved 2007-03-11.
45. "Wisc. Stat. § 1.10(3)(g)". State of Wisconsin. Retrieved 2014-08-03.

References

• Netstate.com state fish tables

External links