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 Alligator gar
(primitive)		 Atractosteus spatula 2019[5]
California Golden trout
(fresh water)		Oncorhynchus mykiss (subspecies aguabonita)1947[6]
Garibaldi
(salt water)		Hypsypops rubicundus1995[7]
Colorado Greenback cutthroat troutOncorhynchus clarkii (subspecies stomias)1994[8]
Connecticut American shadAlosa sapidissima2003[9]
Delaware WeakfishCynoscion regalis1981[10]
Florida Florida largemouth bass
(fresh water)		Micropterus salmoides
(subspecies floridanus)		2007[11]
Atlantic sailfish
(salt water)		Istiophorus albicans2007[12]
Georgia Largemouth bassMicropterus salmoides1970[13]
Southern Appalachian brook trout
(cold water game fish)		Salvelinus fontinalis2006[14][15]
Red drum
(salt-water fish)		Sciaenops ocellatus2006[16][17]
Hawaii HumuhumunukunukuāpuaʻaRhinecanthus rectangulus2006[18]
Idaho Cutthroat troutOncorhynchus clarkii1990[19]
Illinois BluegillLepomis macrochirus1986[20]
Indiana None recognized[21]
Iowa Channel catfishIctalurus punctatus2001[22]
Kansas Channel catfishIctalurus punctatus2018[23]
Kentucky Kentucky spotted bassMicropterus punctulatus1956[24]
Louisiana White crappiePomoxis annularis1993[25]
Maine Landlocked Atlantic salmonSalmo salar sebago[26]
Maryland Rockfish
(striped bass)		Morone saxatilis1965[27]
Massachusetts CodGadus morhua[28]
Michigan Brook troutSalvelinus fontinalis1988[29]
Minnesota WalleyeSander vitreus1965[30]
Mississippi Largemouth bassMicropterus salmoides1974[31]
Missouri Channel catfish
(fish)		Ictalurus punctatus1997[32]
Paddlefish
(aquatic animal)		Polyodon spathula1997[33]
Montana Westslope cutthroat troutOncorhynchus clarkii (subspecies lewisi)1977[34]
Nebraska Channel catfishIctalurus punctatus1997[35]
Nevada Lahontan cutthroat troutOncorhynchus clarkii (subspecies henshawi)[36]
New Hampshire Brook trout
(freshwater)		Salvelinus fontinalis1994[37]
Striped bass
(salt water game fish)		Morone saxatilis1994[38]
New Jersey Brook trout
(freshwater)		Salvelinus fontinalis1991[39]
Striped bass
(salt water game fish)		Morone saxatilis2017[40]
New Mexico Rio Grande cutthroat troutOncorhynchus clarkii (subspecies virginalis)2005[41]
New York Brook troutSalvelinus fontinalis1975[42]
Striped bass
(marine)		Morone saxatilis[43]
North Carolina Channel BassSciaenops ocellatus1971[44]
Southern Appalachian brook trout
(freshwater trout)		Salvelinus fontinalis2005[44]
North Dakota Northern pikeEsox lucius[45]
Ohio None recognized[46]
Oklahoma White bassMorone chrysops
Oregon Chinook salmonOncorhynchus tshawytscha1961
Pennsylvania Brook troutSalvelinus fontinalis1970
Rhode Island Striped bassMorone saxatilis
South Carolina Striped bassMorone saxatilis1972[47]
South Dakota WalleyeSander vitreus
Tennessee Smallmouth bass
(sport fish)		Micropterus dolomieu2005[48]
Channel catfish
(state commercial fish)		Ictalurus punctatus1987[48]
Texas Guadalupe bassMicropterus treculii1989[49]
Utah Bonneville cutthroat troutOncorhynchus clarkii (subspecies utah)1997[50]
Vermont Brook trout
(cold water)		Salvelinus fontinalis1978 (2012)[51][52]
Walleye
(warm water)		Sander vitreus
Virginia Brook trout
(fresh water)		Salvelinus fontinalis
Striped bass
(salt water)		Morone saxatilis
Washington Steelhead troutOncorhynchus mykiss1969[53]
West Virginia West Virginia golden brook troutSalvelinus fontinalis
Wisconsin MuskellungeEsox masquinongy1955[54]
Wyoming Cutthroat troutOncorhynchus clarkii

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 Archived 2008-07-04 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ASLAPR - Museum Division Archived 2010-06-07 at the Wayback Machine
  5. THV11 - Gov. Hutchinson signs bill making alligator gar state's official primitive fish
  6. California State Library - History and Culture - State Symbols
  7. California State Library - History and Culture - State Symbols
  8. Colorado Department of Personnel & Administration (DPA) Division of Information Technologies (DoIT)
  9. KIDS: State Fish
  10. Delaware Facts and Symbols - State Animals
  11. Official state freshwater fish. The 2007 Florida Statutes: Title IV, Chapter 15.036.
  12. Official state saltwater fish. The 2007 Florida Statutes: Title IV, Chapter 15.037
  13. Georgia State Symbols Archived 2007-08-10 at the Wayback Machine
  14. "§ 50-3-82. Official cold water game fish", Official Code of Georgia Annotated, retrieved 2019-06-23
  15. Diprima, Paul (Mar 17, 2007), "Georgia home to several kinds of trout", Rome News-Tribune, retrieved 2019-06-23
  16. "§ 50-3-83. Official salt-water fish", Official Code of Georgia Annotated, retrieved 2019-06-23
  17. Dickson, Terry (Aug 9, 2016), "Red drum will be on new Georgia license plate to enhance marine habitat", jacksonville.com, retrieved 2019-06-23
  18. HB1982 SD1
  19. Governor C. L. "Butch" Otter - The State of Idaho - FYI Idaho State Symbols Archived 2010-06-30 at the Wayback Machine
  21. "Article 2. State emblems", Indiana Code, retrieved 2019-05-08
  22. Senate Joint Resolution 2001 Archived 2009-05-31 at the Wayback Machine. Iowa General Assembly.
  23. https://www.kshs.org/kansapedia/kansas-symbols/17169 and "Kansas one step closer to having a state fish" Topeka Capital Journal. Katie Moore, Mar 20, 2018 https://www.cjonline.com/news/20180320/kansas-one-step-closer-to-having-state-fish
  24. Kentucky State Symbols - Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives Archived 2006-12-13 at the Wayback Machine
  25. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-08-23. Retrieved 2007-07-31.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  26. Secretary of State Kid's Page
  27. Rockfish (Striped Bass), Maryland State Fish
  28. M.G.L. - Chapter 2, Section 13
  29. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-08-07. Retrieved 2007-08-01.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  30. Minnesota Legislative Reference Library - Minnesota State Symbols
  31. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-10-10. Retrieved 2008-05-09.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  32. Office of the Secretary of State, Missouri
  33. Office of the Secretary of State, Missouri
  34. "1-1-507. State fish", Montana Code Annotated 2017, retrieved 2019-06-28
  35. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-08-13. Retrieved 2007-08-01.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  36. "Nevada Facts". Archived from the original on 2015-05-05. Retrieved 2007-08-01.
  37. Section 3:20 State Freshwater Fish
  38. NH.gov - New Hampshire Almanac - State Animal
  39. New Jersey State Fish
  40. Pugliese, Nicholas (August 7, 2017). "It's official: 'Garden State' is New Jersey's slogan". NorthJersey.com. USA Today. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
  41. http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/05%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0013.html
  42. NY State Emblems - State Fish
  43. New York State Emblems Archived 2008-10-08 at the Wayback Machine
  44. North Carolina State Symbols
  45. "nd.gov: Official Portal for North Dakota State Government". Archived from the original on 2014-08-15. Retrieved 2007-08-01.
  46. "Ohio Secretary of State, Symbols of Ohio". Ohio Secretary of State. Archived from the original on 2016-01-22. Retrieved 2016-01-14.
  47. "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.
  48. State Symbols, Tennessee State Government, retrieved 2019-05-08
  50. 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
  51. "§ 501. State Fish", The Vermont Statutes Online Title 1 : General Provisions Chapter 011 : Flag, Insignia, Seal, Etc., Vermont General Assembly, retrieved 2020-02-14
  52. No. 82. An act relating to the designation of brook trout and walleye pike as the state fish of Vermont (PDF), 2012, retrieved 2020-02-14
  53. "Symbols of Washington State". Washington State Legislature. Archived from the original on 2007-03-05. Retrieved 2007-03-11.
  54. "Wisc. Stat. § 1.10(3)(g)". State of Wisconsin. Retrieved 2014-08-03.

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