List of U.S. state fish

This is a list of official 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 American Shad [10]
Florida Florida largemouth bass
(fresh water)		 Micropterus 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]
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