This is a list of official and unofficial U.S. state fishes:
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State | Fish | Binomial nomenclature | Image | Year |
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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 regalis | ![]() | 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 | Pages 393-396[21] | ||
Kansas | Channel catfish | Ictalurus punctatus | ![]() | 2018[22] |
Kentucky | Kentucky spotted bass | Micropterus punctulatus | ![]() | 1956[23] |
Louisiana | White crappie (fresh water) | Pomoxis annularis | ![]() | 1993[24] |
Spotted sea trout (salt water) | Cynoscion nebulosus | ![]() | 2001[25] | |
Maine | Landlocked Atlantic salmon | Salmo salar sebago | ![]() | 1969[26][27] |
Maryland | Rockfish (striped bass) | Morone saxatilis | ![]() | 1965[28] |
Massachusetts | Cod | Gadus morhua | ![]() | 1974[29][30] |
Michigan | Brook trout | Salvelinus fontinalis | ![]() | 1988[31] |
Minnesota | Walleye | Sander vitreus | ![]() | 1965[32] |
Mississippi | Largemouth bass | Micropterus salmoides | ![]() | 1974[33] |
Missouri | Channel catfish (fish) | Ictalurus punctatus | ![]() | 1997[34] |
Paddlefish (aquatic animal) | Polyodon spathula | ![]() | 1997[35] | |
Montana | Blackspotted cutthroat trout | Oncorhynchus clarkii (subspecies lewisi) | ![]() | 1977[36] |
Nebraska | Channel catfish | Ictalurus punctatus | ![]() | 1997[37] |
Nevada | Lahontan cutthroat trout | Oncorhynchus clarkii (subspecies henshawi) | ![]() | 1981[38][39] |
New Hampshire | Brook trout (freshwater) | Salvelinus fontinalis | ![]() | 1994[40] |
Striped bass (salt water game fish) | Morone saxatilis | ![]() | 1994[41] | |
New Jersey | Brook trout (freshwater) | Salvelinus fontinalis | ![]() | 1991[42][43] |
Striped bass (salt water game fish) | Morone saxatilis | ![]() | 2017[44] | |
New Mexico | Rio Grande cutthroat trout | Oncorhynchus clarkii (subspecies virginalis) | ![]() | 2005[45] |
New York | Brook trout (freshwater) | Salvelinus fontinalis | ![]() | 1975[46] |
Striped bass (marine/saltwater) | Morone saxatilis | ![]() | 2006[47][48] | |
North Carolina | Channel Bass (saltwater) | Sciaenops ocellatus | ![]() | 1971[49][50] |
Southern Appalachian brook trout (freshwater trout) | Salvelinus fontinalis | ![]() | 2005[49] | |
North Dakota | Northern pike | Esox lucius | ![]() | 1969[51][52] |
Ohio | None recognized[53] | |||
Oklahoma | White bass | Morone chrysops | ![]() | 1974[54] |
Oregon | Chinook salmon | Oncorhynchus tshawytscha | ![]() | 1961[55] |
Pennsylvania | Brook trout | Salvelinus fontinalis | ![]() | 1970[56] |
Rhode Island | Striped bass | Morone saxatilis | ![]() | 2000[57] |
South Carolina | Striped bass | Morone saxatilis | ![]() | 1972[58] |
South Dakota | Walleye | Sander vitreus | ![]() | 1992[59] |
Tennessee | Smallmouth bass (sport fish) | Micropterus dolomieu | ![]() | 2005[60] |
Channel catfish (state commercial fish) | Ictalurus punctatus | ![]() | 1987[60] | |
Texas | Guadalupe bass (freshwater) | Micropterus treculii | ![]() | 1989[61] |
Red drum (saltwater) | Sciaenops ocellatus | ![]() | 2011[61] | |
Utah | Bonneville cutthroat trout | Oncorhynchus clarkii (subspecies utah) | ![]() | 1997[62] |
Vermont | Brook trout (cold water) | Salvelinus fontinalis | ![]() | 1978 (2012)[63][64] |
Walleye (warm water) | Sander vitreus | ![]() | ||
Virginia | Brook trout (fresh water) | Salvelinus fontinalis | ![]() | 2011[65] |
Striped bass (salt water) | Morone saxatilis | ![]() | ||
Washington | Steelhead trout | Oncorhynchus mykiss | ![]() | 1969[66] |
West Virginia | Brook trout | Salvelinus fontinalis | ![]() | 1973[67] |
Wisconsin | Muskellunge | Esox masquinongy | ![]() | 1955[68] |
Wyoming | Cutthroat trout | Oncorhynchus clarkii | ![]() | 1987[69] |
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