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	200px	1975^[1]
Alabama	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]
California	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)	200px	2007^[10]
Florida	Atlantic sailfish (salt water)	Istiophorus albicans		2007^[11]
Georgia	Largemouth bass	Micropterus salmoides	200px	1970^[12]
Hawaii	Humuhumunukunukuāpuaʻa	Rhinecanthus rectangulus		2006^[13]
Idaho	Cutthroat trout	Oncorhynchus clarki		1990^[14]
Illinois	Bluegill	Lepomis macrochirus	200px	1991^[15]
Indiana	Largemouth Bass	Micropterus salmoides	200px	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	200px	1974^[26]
Missouri	Channel catfish (fish)	Ictalurus punctatus		1997^[27]
Missouri	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]
New Hampshire	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]
New York	Striped bass (marine)	Morone saxatilis		^[37]
North Carolina	Channel Bass	Sciaenops ocellatus		1971^[38]
North Carolina	Southern Appalachian brook trout (freshwater trout)	Salvelinus fontinalis		2005^[38]
North Dakota	Northern pike	Esox lucius		^[39]
Ohio	Walleye	Sander vitreus
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^[40]
South Dakota	Walleye	Sander vitreus
Tennessee	Largemouth bass (sport fish)	Micropterus salmoides	200px
Tennessee	Channel catfish (state commercial fish)	Ictalurus punctatus
Texas	Guadalupe bass	Micropterus treculii		1989^[41]
Utah	Bonneville cutthroat trout	Oncorhynchus clarki (subspecies utah)		1997^[42]
Vermont	Brook trout (cold water)	Salvelinus fontinalis
Vermont	Walleye (warm water)	Sander vitreus
Virginia	Brook trout (fresh water)	Salvelinus fontinalis
Virginia	Striped bass (salt water)	Morone saxatilis	200px
Washington	Steelhead trout	Oncorhynchus mykiss	200px	1969^[43]
West Virginia	West Virginia golden brook trout	Salvelinus fontinalis
Wisconsin	Muskellunge	Esox masquinongy		1955^[44]
Wyoming	Cutthroat trout	Oncorhynchus clarkii

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Notes

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References

Netstate.com state fish tables

External links

↑ 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
↑ [1]
↑ Georgia State Symbols
↑ Senate Joint Resolution 2001. Iowa General Assembly.
↑ [2]
↑ 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
↑ ^38.0 ^38.1 North Carolina State Symbols
↑ nd.gov: Official Portal for North Dakota State Government
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↑ Utah Symbols - Bonneville Cutthroat Trout from utah.gov "Pioneer - Utah's Online Library" page. Retrieved on 2008-03-25
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[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

[15] [1]

[16] Georgia State Symbols

[17] Senate Joint Resolution 2001. Iowa General Assembly.

[18] [2]

[19] Kentucky State Symbols - Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives

[20] ttp://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] ttp://www.senate.michigan.gov/kidspage/trout.pdf

[25] Minnesota Legislative Reference Library - Minnesota State Symbols

[26] ttp://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] ttp://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] ttp://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/05%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0013.html

[36] NY State Emblems - State Fish

[37] New York State Emblems

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[39] .gov: Official Portal for North Dakota State Government

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[42] Utah Symbols - Bonneville Cutthroat Trout from utah.gov "Pioneer - Utah's Online Library" page. Retrieved on 2008-03-25

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