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This is a list of official and unofficial U.S. state fishes:
| State | Common name | Scientific name | 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 | Alligator gar (primitive) |
Atractosteus spatula |  |
2019[5] |
| California | Golden trout (fresh water) |
Oncorhynchus mykiss (subspecies aguabonita) |  |
1947[6] |
| Garibaldi (salt water) |
Hypsypops rubicundus |  |
1995[6] | |
| Colorado | Greenback cutthroat trout | Oncorhynchus clarkii (subspecies stomias) |  |
1994[7] |
| Connecticut | American shad | Alosa sapidissima |  |
2003[8] |
| Delaware | Weakfish | Cynoscion genus |  |
1981[9] |
| District of Columbia | American shad | Alosa sapidissima | |
[10] |
| Florida | Florida largemouth bass (fresh water) |
Micropterus salmoides (subspecies floridanus) |
2007[11] | |
| Atlantic sailfish (salt water) |
Istiophorus albicans |  |
2007[12] | |
| Georgia | Largemouth bass | Micropterus salmoides |  |
1970[13] |
| Southern Appalachian brook trout (cold water game fish) |
Salvelinus fontinalis |  |
2006[14][15] | |
| Red drum (salt-water fish) |
Sciaenops ocellatus |  |
2006[16][17] | |
| Hawaii | Humuhumunukunukuāpuaʻa | Rhinecanthus rectangulus |  |
2006[18] |
| Idaho | Cutthroat trout | Oncorhynchus clarkii |  |
1990[19] |
| Illinois | Bluegill | Lepomis macrochirus |  |
1986[20] |
| Iowa | none recognized | [21] | ||
| Kansas | Channel catfish | Ictalurus punctatus |  |
2018[22][23] |
| Kentucky | Kentucky spotted bass | Micropterus punctulatus |  |
1956[24] |
| Louisiana | White crappie (fresh water) |
Pomoxis annularis |  |
1993[25] |
| Spotted sea trout (salt water) |
Cynoscion nebulosus |  |
2001[26] | |
| Maine | Landlocked Atlantic salmon | Salmo salar sebago |  |
1969[27][28] |
| Maryland | Rockfish (striped bass) |
Morone saxatilis |  |
1965[29] |
| Massachusetts | Cod | Gadus morhua |  |
1974[30][31] |
| Michigan | Brook trout | Salvelinus fontinalis |  |
1988[32] |
| Minnesota | Walleye | Sander vitreus |  |
1965[33] |
| Mississippi | Largemouth bass | Micropterus salmoides | |
1974[34] |
| Missouri | Channel catfish (fish) |
Ictalurus punctatus |  |
1997[35] |
| Paddlefish (aquatic animal) |
Polyodon spathula |  |
1997[36] | |
| Montana | Blackspotted cutthroat trout | Oncorhynchus clarkii (subspecies lewisi) |  |
1977[37] |
| Nebraska | Channel catfish | Ictalurus punctatus |  |
1997[38] |
| Nevada | Lahontan cutthroat trout | Oncorhynchus clarkii (subspecies henshawi) |  |
1981[39][40] |
| New Hampshire | Brook trout (freshwater) |
Salvelinus fontinalis | |
1994[41] |
| Striped bass (salt water game fish) |
Morone saxatilis | |
1994[42] | |
| New Jersey | Brook trout (freshwater) |
Salvelinus fontinalis | |
1991[43][44] |
| Striped bass (salt water game fish) |
Morone saxatilis | |
2017[45] | |
| New Mexico | Rio Grande cutthroat trout | Oncorhynchus clarkii (subspecies virginalis) |  |
2005[46] |
| New York | Brook trout (freshwater) |
Salvelinus fontinalis | |
1975[47] |
| Striped bass (marine/saltwater) |
Morone saxatilis | |
2006[48][49] | |
| North Carolina | Channel bass (saltwater) | Sciaenops ocellatus |  |
1971[50][51] |
| Southern Appalachian brook trout (freshwater trout) |
Salvelinus fontinalis |  |
2005[50] | |
| North Dakota | Northern pike | Esox lucius |  |
1969[52][53] |
| Ohio | None recognized[54] | |||
| Oklahoma | White bass | Morone chrysops |  |
1974[55] |
| Oregon | Chinook salmon | Oncorhynchus tshawytscha | |
1961[56] |
| Pennsylvania | Brook trout | Salvelinus fontinalis | |
1970[57] |
| Rhode Island | Striped bass | Morone saxatilis | |
2000[58] |
| South Carolina | Striped bass | Morone saxatilis | |
1972[59] |
| South Dakota | Walleye | Sander vitreus | |
1992[60] |
| Tennessee | Smallmouth bass (sport fish) |
Micropterus dolomieu |  |
2005[61] |
| Channel catfish (state commercial fish) |
Ictalurus punctatus | |
1987[61] | |
| Texas | Guadalupe bass (freshwater) | Micropterus treculii |  |
1989[62] |
| Red drum (saltwater) | Sciaenops ocellatus | |
2011[62] | |
| Utah | Bonneville cutthroat trout | Oncorhynchus clarkii (subspecies utah) |  |
1997[63] |
| Vermont | Brook trout (cold water) |
Salvelinus fontinalis | |
1978 (2012)[64][65] |
| Walleye (warm water) |
Sander vitreus |
| ||
| Virginia | Brook trout (fresh water) |
Salvelinus fontinalis | |
2011[66] |
| Striped bass (salt water) |
Morone saxatilis | 
| ||
| Washington | Steelhead trout | Oncorhynchus mykiss |  |
1969[67] |
| West Virginia | Brook trout | Salvelinus fontinalis | |
1973[68] |
| Wisconsin | Muskellunge | Esox masquinongy |  |
1955[69] |
| Wyoming | Cutthroat trout | Oncorhynchus clarkii | |
1987[70] |
See also
- List of U.S. state, district, and territorial insignia
- Lists of United States state symbols#Flora and fauna
Notes
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- ^ "Fishing in the district". DOEE. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
- ^ 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". Archived from the original on August 10, 2007.
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- ^ Diprima, Paul (Mar 17, 2007), "Georgia home to several kinds of trout", Rome News-Tribune, retrieved 2019-06-23
- ^ "§ 50-3-83. Official salt-water fish", Official Code of Georgia Annotated, retrieved 2019-06-23
- ^ Dickson, Terry (Aug 9, 2016), "Red drum will be on new Georgia license plate to enhance marine habitat", jacksonville.com, retrieved 2019-06-23
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- ^ "NRS: CHAPTER 235 - STATE SEAL, MOTTO AND SYMBOLS; GIFTS AND ENDOWMENTS". www.leg.state.nv.us.
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- ^ "New Jersey State Fish".
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