List of U.S. state fish

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This is a list of official U.S. state fishes:

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StateCommon name Scientific name ImageYear
Alabama Largemouth bass
(fresh water)		Micropterus salmoides 1351 largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides) 300 dpi.jpg 1975 [1]
Fighting tarpon
(salt water)		Megalops atlanticus Atlantic tarpon.jpg 1955 [2]
Alaska King salmon Oncorhynchus tshawytscha Chinook salmon.jpg 1962 [3]
Arizona Apache trout Oncorhynchus gilae (subspecies apache) Apache trout (Oncorhynchus apache) (12435087154).jpg 1986 [4]
Arkansas Alligator gar
(primitive)		Atractosteus spatula Alligator Gar 10.JPG 2019 [5]
California Golden trout
(fresh water)		Oncorhynchus mykiss (subspecies aguabonita) Small Golden Trout.jpg 1947 [6]
Garibaldi
(salt water)		Hypsypops rubicundus Hypsypops rubicundus adult.jpg 1995 [6]
Colorado Greenback cutthroat trout Oncorhynchus clarkii (subspecies stomias) Greenbackcutthroat.jpg 1994 [7]
Connecticut American shad Alosa sapidissima Dentonshad1904.jpg 2003 [8]
Delaware Weakfish Cynoscion genus Cynoscion regalis (line art).jpg 1981 [9]
District of Columbia American shad Alosa sapidissima Dentonshad1904.jpg [10]
Florida Florida largemouth bass
(fresh water)		Micropterus floridanus2007 [11]
Atlantic sailfish
(salt water)		Istiophorus albicans PSM V26 D359 The american sailfish istiophorus americanus.jpg 2007 [12]
Georgia Largemouth bass Micropterus salmoides LargemouthBass.jpg 1970 [13]
Southern Appalachian brook trout
(cold water game fish)		Salvelinus fontinalis Brook trout 1918.jpg 2006 [14] [15]
Red drum
(salt-water fish)		Sciaenops ocellatus Red Drum (Sciaenops ocellatus).jpg 2006 [16] [17]
Hawaii Humuhumunukunukuāpuaʻa

(Reef triggerfish)

Rhinecanthus rectangulus Reef Triggerfish 1.JPG 2006 [18]
Idaho Cutthroat trout Oncorhynchus clarkii Yellowstone Cutthroat Trout.jpg 1990 [19]
Illinois Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus Lepomis macrochirus UMFS 2014 2.JPG 1986 [20]
Indiana none recognized [21]
Iowa none recognized [22]
Kansas Channel catfishIctalurus punctatus Channelcat.jpg 2018 [23] [24]
Kentucky Kentucky spotted bass Micropterus punctulatus Micropterus punctulatus.jpg 1956 [25]
Louisiana White crappie
(fresh water)		Pomoxis annularis White Crappie.jpg 1993 [26]
Spotted sea trout
(salt water)		Cynoscion nebulosus Spotted seatrout fish cynoscion nebulosus.jpg 2001 [27]
Maine Landlocked Atlantic salmon Salmo salar sebago Atlantischer Lachs.jpg 1969 [28] [29]
Maryland Rockfish
(striped bass)		Morone saxatilis Striped bass FWS 1.jpg 1965 [30]
Massachusetts Cod Gadus morhua Atlantic cod.jpg 1974 [31] [32]
Michigan Brook trout Salvelinus fontinalis Salvelinus fontinalis.jpg 1988 [33]
Minnesota Walleye Sander vitreus Sander vitreus.jpg 1965 [34]
Mississippi Largemouth bass Micropterus salmoides 1351 largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides) 300 dpi.jpg 1974 [35]
Missouri Channel catfish
(fish)		Ictalurus punctatus Ictalurus punctatus1.jpg 1997 [36]
Paddlefish
(aquatic animal)		Polyodon spathula Paddlefish Polyodon spathula.jpg 1997 [37]
Montana Blackspotted cutthroat trout Oncorhynchus clarkii (subspecies lewisi) Westslope cutthroat trout USGS.jpg 1977 [38]
Nebraska Channel catfish Ictalurus punctatus Ictalurus punctatus.jpg 1997 [39]
Nevada Lahontan cutthroat trout Oncorhynchus clarkii (subspecies henshawi) Lahontan pyramid.jpg 1981 [40] [41]
New Hampshire Brook trout
(freshwater)		Salvelinus fontinalis Salvelinus fontinalis.jpg 1994 [42]
Striped bass
(salt water game fish)		Morone saxatilis Striped bass FWS 1.jpg 1994 [43]
New Jersey Brook trout
(freshwater)		Salvelinus fontinalis Salvelinus fontinalis.jpg 1991 [44] [45]
Striped bass
(salt water game fish)		Morone saxatilis Striped bass FWS 1.jpg 2017 [46]
New Mexico Rio Grande cutthroat trout Oncorhynchus clarkii (subspecies virginalis) Oncorhynchus clarkii virginalis.jpg 2005 [47]
New York Brook trout
(freshwater)		Salvelinus fontinalis Salvelinus fontinalis.jpg 1975 [48]
Striped bass
(marine/saltwater)		Morone saxatilis Striped bass FWS 1.jpg 2006 [49] [50]
North Carolina Channel bass (saltwater)Sciaenops ocellatus Channelbass.jpg 1971 [51] [52]
Southern Appalachian brook trout
(freshwater trout)		Salvelinus fontinalis Brook Trout Salvelinus fontinalis 2900px.jpg 2005 [51]
North Dakota Northern pike Esox lucius Europaeischer Hecht.jpg 1969 [53] [54]
Ohio None recognized [55]
Oklahoma White bass Morone chrysops Morone chrysops1.jpg 1974 [56]
Oregon Chinook salmon Oncorhynchus tshawytscha Chinook salmon.jpg 1961 [57]
Pennsylvania Brook trout Salvelinus fontinalis Salvelinus fontinalis.jpg 1970 [58]
Rhode Island Striped bass Morone saxatilis Striped bass FWS 1.jpg 2000 [59]
South Carolina Striped bass Morone saxatilis Striped bass FWS 1.jpg 1972 [60]
South Dakota Walleye Sander vitreus Sander vitreus.jpg 1992 [61]
Tennessee Smallmouth bass
(sport fish)		Micropterus dolomieu Smallmouth bass.png 2005 [62]
Channel catfish
(state commercial fish)		Ictalurus punctatus Ictalurus punctatus.jpg 1987 [62]
Texas Guadalupe bass (freshwater)Micropterus treculii Guadalupe bass - Micropterus treculii.jpg 1989 [63]
Red drum (saltwater)Sciaenops ocellatus Red Drum (Sciaenops ocellatus).jpg 2011 [63]
Utah Bonneville cutthroat trout Oncorhynchus clarkii (subspecies utah) Bonneville cutthroat.jpg 1997 [64]
Vermont Brook trout
(cold water)		Salvelinus fontinalis Brook Trout Salvelinus fontinalis 2900px.jpg 1978 (2012) [65] [66]
Walleye
(warm water)		Sander vitreus Sander vitreus.jpg
Virginia Brook trout
(fresh water)		Salvelinus fontinalis Salvelinus fontinalis.jpg 2011 [67]
Striped bass
(salt water)		Morone saxatilis Striped Bass 2.jpg
Washington Steelhead trout Oncorhynchus mykiss Oncorhynchus mykiss.jpg 1969 [68]
West Virginia Brook trout Salvelinus fontinalis Salvelinus fontinalis.jpg 1973 [69]
Wisconsin Muskellunge Esox masquinongy Muskellunge USFWS.jpg 1955 [70]
Wyoming Cutthroat trout Oncorhynchus clarkii Yellowstone Cutthroat Trout.jpg 1987 [71]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ "Alabama Department of Archives and History, Alabama Emblems: Official Freshwater Fish". archives.alabama.gov. Archived from the original on February 16, 2021. Retrieved February 26, 2021.
  2. ↑ "Alabama Department of Archives and History, Alabama Emblems: Official Saltwater Fish". archives.alabama.gov. Archived from the original on March 4, 2021. Retrieved February 26, 2021.
  3. ↑ "The Alaska State Chamber of Commerce :: Student Guide :: State Symbols". Archived from the original on July 4, 2008.
  4. ↑ ASLAPR – Museum Division Archived 2010-06-07 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ↑ "Gov. Hutchinson signs bill making alligator gar state's official primitive fish". thv11.com. March 25, 2019.
  6. 1 2 "History and Culture - California State Symbols - California State Library". www.library.ca.gov.
  7. ↑ Colorado Department of Personnel & Administration (DPA) Division of Information Technologies (DoIT)
  8. ↑ "KIDS: State Fish". www.ct.gov. Archived from the original on June 5, 2009.
  9. ↑ "Delaware Code Online". delcode.delaware.gov.
  10. ↑ "Fishing in the district". DOEE. Retrieved September 13, 2020.
  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 from the original on August 10, 2007.
  14. ↑ "§ 50-3-82. Official cold water game fish", Official Code of Georgia Annotated, retrieved June 23, 2019
  15. ↑ Diprima, Paul (March 17, 2007), "Georgia home to several kinds of trout", Rome News-Tribune, retrieved June 23, 2019
  16. ↑ "§ 50-3-83. Official salt-water fish", Official Code of Georgia Annotated, retrieved June 23, 2019
  17. ↑ Dickson, Terry (August 9, 2016), "Red drum will be on new Georgia license plate to enhance marine habitat", jacksonville.com, retrieved June 23, 2019
  18. ↑ "HB1982 SD1". www.capitol.hawaii.gov.
  19. ↑ "Governor C. L. "Butch" Otter - The State of Idaho - FYI Idaho State Symbols". Archived from the original on June 30, 2010.
  20. ↑ "Education". www2.illinois.gov. Archived from the original on December 18, 2021. Retrieved February 26, 2021.
  21. ↑ "Emblems & Symbols". Indiana Historical Bureau. Retrieved December 10, 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  22. ↑ "Iowa Official Register IOWA PROFILE Chapter 8" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on May 31, 2022.
  23. ↑ "Kansas Symbols".
  24. ↑ Moore, Katie (March 20, 2018). "Kansas one step closer to having a state fish". Topeka Capital Journal.
  25. ↑ "Kentucky State Symbols – Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives". Archived from the original on December 13, 2006.
  26. ↑ "Louisiana Secretary of State/LOUISIANA FACTS-PG.E". Archived from the original on August 23, 2007. Retrieved July 31, 2007.
  27. ↑ "HB1692". legis.la.gov.
  28. ↑ "Secretary of State Kid's Page". Archived from the original on October 29, 2008. Retrieved August 1, 2007.
  29. ↑ "Title 1, §212: State fish". legislature.maine.gov.
  30. ↑ "Rockfish (Striped Bass), Maryland State Fish". msa.maryland.gov.
  31. ↑ "M.G.L. - Chapter 2, Section 13". Archived from the original on November 23, 2008. Retrieved April 15, 2006.
  32. ↑ "State Symbols". Archived from the original on May 12, 2023.
  33. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on August 7, 2007. Retrieved August 1, 2007.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  34. ↑ "Minnesota Legislative Reference Library - Minnesota State Symbols". www.leg.mn.gov.
  35. ↑ "State symbols". Archived from the original on October 10, 2007. Retrieved May 9, 2008.
  36. ↑ "State Symbols of Missouri - Missouri Secretary of State". www.sos.mo.gov.
  37. ↑ "State Symbols of Missouri - Missouri Secretary of State". www.sos.mo.gov.
  38. ↑ "1-1-507. State fish", Montana Code Annotated 2017, retrieved June 28, 2019
  39. ↑ "State Symbols". Archived from the original on August 13, 2007. Retrieved August 1, 2007.
  40. ↑ "Nevada Facts". Archived from the original on May 5, 2015. Retrieved August 1, 2007.
  41. ↑ "NRS: CHAPTER 235 - STATE SEAL, MOTTO AND SYMBOLS; GIFTS AND ENDOWMENTS". www.leg.state.nv.us.
  42. ↑ "Section 3:20 State Freshwater Fish". www.gencourt.state.nh.us.
  43. ↑ "New Hampshire Almanac | NH.gov". www.nh.gov.
  44. ↑ "New Jersey State Fish".
  45. ↑ Legislature, New Jersey (February 26, 1995). "Session Laws of New Jersey". hdl.handle.net. hdl:10929/50436.
  46. ↑ Pugliese, Nicholas (August 7, 2017). "It's official: 'Garden State' is New Jersey's slogan". NorthJersey.com. USA Today. Retrieved August 8, 2017.
  47. ↑ "2005 Senate Bill text for SB0013".
  48. ↑ "New York State Fish - Brook Trout: NYS Emblems: New York State Library". www.nysl.nysed.gov. Archived from the original on April 22, 2012. Retrieved August 1, 2007.
  49. ↑ "New York State Emblems". Archived from the original on October 8, 2008.
  50. ↑ "NYS Kids Room - State Symbols". www.dos.ny.gov. Archived from the original on November 25, 2020. Retrieved July 17, 2020.
  51. 1 2 "North Carolina Secretary of State". www.sosnc.gov.
  52. ↑ "North Carolina State Salt Water Fish, Channel Bass | NCpedia". ncpedia.org.
  53. ↑ "nd.gov: Official Portal for North Dakota State Government". Archived from the original on August 15, 2014. Retrieved August 1, 2007.
  54. ↑ "Northern Pike | North Dakota Studies". www.ndstudies.gov. Archived from the original on October 24, 2020. Retrieved July 17, 2020.
  55. ↑ "Ohio Secretary of State, Symbols of Ohio". Ohio Secretary of State. Archived from the original on January 22, 2016. Retrieved January 14, 2016.
  56. ↑ "Oklahoma Symbols | OHSkids!". www.okhistory.org.
  57. ↑ "Chapter 186".
  58. ↑ "Act of Mar. 9, 1970, P.L. 161, No. 61 Cl. 71 - MAKING THE BROOK TROUT THE STATE FISH". www.legis.state.pa.us.
  59. ↑ "RIGOV". www.ri.gov.
  60. ↑ "SC Statehouse Student's web page, State Symbols and Emblems". South Carolina General Assembly. Archived from the original on June 22, 2007. Retrieved July 16, 2007.
  61. ↑ "About the State of South Dakota: South Dakota Secretary of State". sdsos.gov.
  62. 1 2 State Symbols, Tennessee State Government, retrieved May 8, 2019
  63. 1 2 "Texas State Symbols - Texas State Library and Archives Commission | TSLAC". www.tsl.texas.gov.
  64. ↑ 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
  65. ↑ "§ 501. State Fish", The Vermont Statutes Online Title 1 : General Provisions Chapter 011 : Flag, Insignia, Seal, Etc., Vermont General Assembly, retrieved February 14, 2020
  66. ↑ No. 82. An act relating to the designation of brook trout and walleye pike as the state fish of Vermont (PDF), 2012, retrieved February 14, 2020
  67. ↑ "Bill Tracking - 2011 session > Legislation". lis.virginia.gov.
  68. ↑ "Symbols of Washington State". Washington State Legislature. Archived from the original on March 5, 2007. Retrieved March 11, 2007.
  69. ↑ "Section Eleven Departmental, Statistical & General Information" (PDF).
  70. ↑ "Wisc. Stat. § 1.10(3)(g)". State of Wisconsin. Retrieved August 3, 2014.
  71. ↑ "Wyoming Facts and Symbols - State of Wyoming". www.wyo.gov.

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