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[6]
Colorado Greenback cutthroat troutOncorhynchus clarkii (subspecies stomias)1994[7]
Connecticut American shadAlosa sapidissima2003[8]
Delaware WeakfishCynoscion regalis1981[9]
District of Columbia American ShadAlosa sapidissima[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]
Iowa none recognizedPages 393-396[21]
Kansas Channel catfishIctalurus punctatus2018[22]
Kentucky Kentucky spotted bassMicropterus punctulatus1956[23]
Louisiana White crappie
(fresh water)		Pomoxis annularis1993[24]
Spotted sea trout
(salt water)		Cynoscion nebulosus2001[25]
Maine Landlocked Atlantic salmonSalmo salar sebago1969[26][27]
Maryland Rockfish
(striped bass)		Morone saxatilis1965[28]
Massachusetts CodGadus morhua1974[29][30]
Michigan Brook troutSalvelinus fontinalis1988[31]
Minnesota WalleyeSander vitreus1965[32]
Mississippi Largemouth bassMicropterus salmoides1974[33]
Missouri Channel catfish
(fish)		Ictalurus punctatus1997[34]
Paddlefish
(aquatic animal)		Polyodon spathula1997[35]
Montana Blackspotted cutthroat troutOncorhynchus clarkii (subspecies lewisi)1977[36]
Nebraska Channel catfishIctalurus punctatus1997[37]
Nevada Lahontan cutthroat troutOncorhynchus clarkii (subspecies henshawi)1981[38][39]
New Hampshire Brook trout
(freshwater)		Salvelinus fontinalis1994[40]
Striped bass
(salt water game fish)		Morone saxatilis1994[41]
New Jersey Brook trout
(freshwater)		Salvelinus fontinalis1991[42][43]
Striped bass
(salt water game fish)		Morone saxatilis2017[44]
New Mexico Rio Grande cutthroat troutOncorhynchus clarkii (subspecies virginalis)2005[45]
New York Brook trout
(freshwater)		Salvelinus fontinalis1975[46]
Striped bass
(marine/saltwater)		Morone saxatilis2006[47][48]
North Carolina Channel Bass (saltwater)Sciaenops ocellatus1971[49][50]
Southern Appalachian brook trout
(freshwater trout)		Salvelinus fontinalis2005[49]
North Dakota Northern pikeEsox lucius1969[51][52]
Ohio None recognized[53]
Oklahoma White bassMorone chrysops1974[54]
Oregon Chinook salmonOncorhynchus tshawytscha1961[55]
Pennsylvania Brook troutSalvelinus fontinalis1970[56]
Rhode Island Striped bassMorone saxatilis2000[57]
South Carolina Striped bassMorone saxatilis1972[58]
South Dakota WalleyeSander vitreus1992[59]
Tennessee Smallmouth bass
(sport fish)		Micropterus dolomieu2005[60]
Channel catfish
(state commercial fish)		Ictalurus punctatus1987[60]
Texas Guadalupe bass (freshwater)Micropterus treculii1989[61]
Red drum (saltwater)Sciaenops ocellatus2011[61]
Utah Bonneville cutthroat troutOncorhynchus clarkii (subspecies utah)1997[62]
Vermont Brook trout
(cold water)		Salvelinus fontinalis1978 (2012)[63][64]
Walleye
(warm water)		Sander vitreus
Virginia Brook trout
(fresh water)		Salvelinus fontinalis2011[65]
Striped bass
(salt water)		Morone saxatilis
Washington Steelhead troutOncorhynchus mykiss1969[66]
West Virginia Brook troutSalvelinus fontinalis1973[67]
Wisconsin MuskellungeEsox masquinongy1955[68]
Wyoming Cutthroat troutOncorhynchus clarkii1987[69]

See also

Notes
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