List of U.S. state fish

This is a list of official and unofficial U.S. state fishes:

Table

StateFishBinomial
nomenclature		ImageYear
Alabama Largemouth bass
(fresh water)		Micropterus salmoides1975[1]
Fighting tarpon
(salt water)		Megalops atlanticus1955[2]
Alaska King salmonOncorhynchus tshawytscha1962[3]
Arizona Apache troutOncorhynchus gilae (subspecies apache)1986[4]
Arkansas
California Golden trout
(fresh water)		Oncorhynchus mykiss (subspecies aguabonita)1947[5]
Garibaldi
(salt water)		Hypsypops rubicundus1995[6]
Colorado Greenback cutthroat troutOncorhynchus clarkii (subspecies stomias)1994[7]
Connecticut American shadAlosa sapidissima2003[8]
Delaware WeakfishCynoscion regalis1981[9]
Florida Florida largemouth bass
(fresh water)		Micropterus salmoides
(subspecies floridanus)		2007[10]
Atlantic sailfish
(salt water)		Istiophorus albicans2007[11]
Georgia Largemouth bassMicropterus salmoides1970[12]
Hawaii HumuhumunukunukuāpuaʻaRhinecanthus rectangulus2006[13]
Idaho Cutthroat troutOncorhynchus clarkii1990[14]
Illinois BluegillLepomis macrochirus1986[15]
Iowa Channel catfishIctalurus punctatus2001[16]
Kansas None recognizedNoneN/A
Kentucky Kentucky spotted bassMicropterus punctulatus1956[17]
Louisiana White crappiePomoxis annularis1993[18]
Maine Landlocked Atlantic salmonSalmo salar sebago[19]
Maryland Rockfish
(striped bass)		Morone saxatilis1965[20]
Massachusetts CodGadus morhua[21]
Michigan Brook troutSalvelinus fontinalis1988[22]
Minnesota WalleyeSander vitreus1965[23]
Mississippi Largemouth bassMicropterus salmoides1974[24]
Missouri Channel catfish
(fish)		Ictalurus punctatus1997[25]
Paddlefish
(aquatic animal)		Polyodon spathula1997[26]
Montana Cutthroat troutOncorhynchus clarkii1977[27]
Nebraska Channel catfishIctalurus punctatus1997[28]
Nevada Lahontan cutthroat troutOncorhynchus clarkii (subspecies henshawi)[29]
New Hampshire Brook trout
(freshwater)		Salvelinus fontinalis1994[30]
Striped bass
(salt water game fish)		Morone saxatilis1994[31]
New Jersey Brook trout
(freshwater)		Salvelinus fontinalis1991[32]
Striped bass
(salt water game fish)		Morone saxatilis2017[33]
New Mexico Rio Grande cutthroat troutOncorhynchus clarkii (subspecies virginalis)2005[34]
New York Brook troutSalvelinus fontinalis1975[35]
Striped bass
(marine)		Morone saxatilis[36]
North Carolina Channel BassSciaenops ocellatus1971[37]
Southern Appalachian brook trout
(freshwater trout)		Salvelinus fontinalis2005[37]
North Dakota Northern pikeEsox lucius[38]
Ohio None recognized[39]
Oklahoma White bassMorone chrysops
Oregon Chinook salmonOncorhynchus tshawytscha1961
Pennsylvania Brook troutSalvelinus fontinalis1970
Rhode Island Striped bassMorone saxatilis
South Carolina Striped bassMorone saxatilis1972[40]
South Dakota WalleyeSander vitreus
Tennessee Largemouth bass
(sport fish)		Micropterus salmoides
Channel catfish
(state commercial fish)		Ictalurus punctatus
Texas Guadalupe bassMicropterus treculii1989[41]
Utah Bonneville cutthroat troutOncorhynchus clarkii (subspecies utah)1997[42]
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 troutOncorhynchus mykiss1969[43]
West Virginia West Virginia golden brook troutSalvelinus fontinalis
Wisconsin MuskellungeEsox masquinongy1955[44]
Wyoming Cutthroat troutOncorhynchus clarkii

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Official Alabama Fresh Water Fish
  2. ↑ Official Alabama Saltwater Fish
  3. ↑ The Alaska State Chamber of Commerce :: Student Guide :: State Symbols Archived 2008-07-04 at the Wayback Machine.
  4. ↑ ASLAPR - Museum Division Archived 2010-06-07 at the Wayback Machine.
  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 Archived 2007-08-10 at the Wayback Machine.
  13. ↑ HB1982 SD1
  14. ↑ Governor C. L. "Butch" Otter - The State of Idaho - FYI Idaho State Symbols Archived 2010-06-30 at the Wayback Machine.
  15. ↑
  16. ↑ Senate Joint Resolution 2001. Iowa General Assembly.
  17. ↑ Kentucky State Symbols - Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives Archived 2006-12-13 at the Wayback Machine.
  18. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-08-23. Retrieved 2007-07-31.
  19. ↑ Secretary of State Kid's Page
  20. ↑ Rockfish (Striped Bass), Maryland State Fish
  21. ↑ M.G.L. - Chapter 2, Section 13
  22. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-08-07. Retrieved 2007-08-01.
  23. ↑ Minnesota Legislative Reference Library - Minnesota State Symbols
  24. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-10-10. Retrieved 2008-05-09.
  25. ↑ Office of the Secretary of State, Missouri
  26. ↑ Office of the Secretary of State, Missouri
  27. ↑ 1-1-507. State fish Archived 2013-01-17 at the Wayback Machine., Montana Code, accessed 23 April 2009.
  28. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-08-13. Retrieved 2007-08-01.
  29. ↑ Nevada Facts
  30. ↑ Section 3:20 State Freshwater Fish
  31. ↑ NH.gov - New Hampshire Almanac - State Animal
  32. ↑ New Jersey State Fish
  33. ↑ Pugliese, Nicholas (August 7, 2017). "It's official: 'Garden State' is New Jersey's slogan". NorthJersey.com. USA Today. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
  34. ↑ http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/05%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0013.html
  35. ↑ NY State Emblems - State Fish
  36. ↑ New York State Emblems Archived 2008-10-08 at the Wayback Machine.
  37. 1 2 North Carolina State Symbols
  38. ↑ nd.gov: Official Portal for North Dakota State Government
  39. ↑ "Ohio Secretary of State, Symbols of Ohio". Ohio Secretary of State. Archived from the original on 2016-01-22. Retrieved 2016-01-14.
  40. ↑ "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.
  41. ↑
  42. ↑ Utah Symbols - Bonneville Cutthroat Trout Archived 2008-03-14 at the Wayback Machine. from utah.gov "Pioneer - Utah's Online Library" page. Retrieved on 2008-03-25
  43. ↑ "Symbols of Washington State". Washington State Legislature. Archived from the original on 2007-03-05. Retrieved 2007-03-11.
  44. ↑ "Wisc. Stat. § 1.10(3)(g)". State of Wisconsin. Retrieved 2014-08-03.

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