List of U.S. state fish

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

Table[]

State	Fish	Binomial nomenclature	Year
Alabama	Largemouth bass (fresh water)	Micropterus salmoides	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	Alligator gar (primitive)	Atractosteus spatula	2019^[5]
California	Golden trout (fresh water)	Oncorhynchus mykiss (subspecies aguabonita)	1947^[6]
California	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]
Florida	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	Channel catfish	Ictalurus punctatus	2001^[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]
Louisiana	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]
Missouri	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]
New Hampshire	Striped bass (salt water game fish)	Morone saxatilis	1994^[41]
New Jersey	Brook trout (freshwater)	Salvelinus fontinalis	1991^[42]^[43]
New Jersey	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]
New York	Striped bass (marine/saltwater)	Morone saxatilis	2006^[47]^[48]
North Carolina	Channel Bass (saltwater)	Sciaenops ocellatus	1971^[49]^[50]
North Carolina	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]
Tennessee	Channel catfish (state commercial fish)	Ictalurus punctatus	1987^[60]
Texas	Guadalupe bass (freshwater)	Micropterus treculii	1989^[61]
Texas	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]
Vermont	Walleye (warm water)	Sander vitreus	1978 (2012)^[63]^[64]
Virginia	Brook trout (fresh water)	Salvelinus fontinalis	2011^[65]
Virginia	Striped bass (salt water)	Morone saxatilis	2011^[65]
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]

Notes[]

^ "Alabama Department of Archives and History, Alabama Emblems: Official Freshwater Fish". archives.alabama.gov.
^ "Alabama Department of Archives and History, Alabama Emblems: Official Saltwater Fish". archives.alabama.gov.
^ "The Alaska State Chamber of Commerce :: Student Guide :: State Symbols". Archived from the original on July 4, 2008.
^ ASLAPR - Museum Division Archived 2010-06-07 at the Wayback Machine
^ "Gov. Hutchinson signs bill making alligator gar state's official primitive fish". thv11.com.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "History and Culture - California State Symbols - California State Library". www.library.ca.gov.
^ Colorado Department of Personnel & Administration (DPA) Division of Information Technologies (DoIT)
^ "KIDS: State Fish". www.ct.gov.
^ "State of Delaware - Redirect Page". portal.delaware.gov.
^ "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.
^ "§ 50-3-82. Official cold water game fish", Official Code of Georgia Annotated, retrieved 2019-06-23
^ 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
^ "HB1982 SD1". www.capitol.hawaii.gov.
^ Governor C. L. "Butch" Otter - The State of Idaho - FYI Idaho State Symbols Archived 2010-06-30 at the Wayback Machine
^ "Education". www2.illinois.gov.
^ Senate Joint Resolution 2001 Archived 2009-05-31 at the Wayback Machine. Iowa General Assembly.
^ https://www.kshs.org/kansapedia/kansas-symbols/17169 and "Kansas one step closer to having a state fish" Topeka Capital Journal. Katie Moore, Mar 20, 2018 https://www.cjonline.com/news/20180320/kansas-one-step-closer-to-having-state-fish
^ Kentucky State Symbols - Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives Archived 2006-12-13 at the Wayback Machine
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-08-23. Retrieved 2007-07-31.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "HB1692". legis.la.gov.
^ "Secretary of State Kid's Page".
^ "Title 1, §212: State fish". legislature.maine.gov.
^ "Rockfish (Striped Bass), Maryland State Fish". msa.maryland.gov.
^ M.G.L. - Chapter 2, Section 13
^ https://www.sec.state.ma.us/cis/cismaf/mf1a.htm
^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-08-07. Retrieved 2007-08-01.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "Minnesota Legislative Reference Library - Minnesota State Symbols". www.leg.mn.gov.
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-10-10. Retrieved 2008-05-09.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "State Symbols of Missouri - Missouri Secretary of State". www.sos.mo.gov.
^ "State Symbols of Missouri - Missouri Secretary of State". www.sos.mo.gov.
^ "1-1-507. State fish", Montana Code Annotated 2017, retrieved 2019-06-28
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-08-13. Retrieved 2007-08-01.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "Nevada Facts". Archived from the original on 2015-05-05. Retrieved 2007-08-01.
^ "NRS: CHAPTER 235 - STATE SEAL, MOTTO AND SYMBOLS; GIFTS AND ENDOWMENTS". www.leg.state.nv.us.
^ "Section 3:20 State Freshwater Fish". www.gencourt.state.nh.us.
^ "New Hampshire Almanac | NH.gov". www.nh.gov.
^ "New Jersey State Fish".
^ Legislature, New Jersey (February 26, 1995). "Session Laws of New Jersey". hdl.handle.net.
^ Pugliese, Nicholas (August 7, 2017). "It's official: 'Garden State' is New Jersey's slogan". NorthJersey.com. USA Today. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
^ "2005 Senate Bill text for SB0013".
^ "New York State Fish - Brook Trout: NYS Emblems: New York State Library". www.nysl.nysed.gov.
^ "New York State Emblems". Archived from the original on October 8, 2008.
^ "NYS Kids Room - State Symbols". www.dos.ny.gov.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "North Carolina Secretary of State". www.sosnc.gov.
^ "North Carolina State Salt Water Fish, Channel Bass | NCpedia". ncpedia.org.
^ "nd.gov: Official Portal for North Dakota State Government". Archived from the original on 2014-08-15. Retrieved 2007-08-01.
^ "Northern Pike | North Dakota Studies". www.ndstudies.gov.
^ "Ohio Secretary of State, Symbols of Ohio". Ohio Secretary of State. Archived from the original on 2016-01-22. Retrieved 2016-01-14.
^ "Oklahoma Symbols | OHSkids!". www.okhistory.org.
^ https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors186.html
^ "Act of Mar. 9, 1970, P.L. 161, No. 61 Cl. 71 - MAKING THE BROOK TROUT THE STATE FISH". www.legis.state.pa.us.
^ "RI.gov: Rhode Island Government".
^ "SC Statehouse Student's web page, State Symbols and Emblems". South Carolina General Assembly. Archived from the original on 2007-06-22. Retrieved 2007-07-16.
^ "About the State of South Dakota: South Dakota Secretary of State". sdsos.gov.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b State Symbols, Tennessee State Government, retrieved 2019-05-08
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Texas State Symbols - Texas State Library and Archives Commission | TSLAC". www.tsl.texas.gov.
^ 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
^ "§ 501. State Fish", The Vermont Statutes Online Title 1 : General Provisions Chapter 011 : Flag, Insignia, Seal, Etc., Vermont General Assembly, retrieved 2020-02-14
^ No. 82. An act relating to the designation of brook trout and walleye pike as the state fish of Vermont (PDF), 2012, retrieved 2020-02-14
^ "Bill Tracking - 2011 session > Legislation". lis.virginia.gov.
^ "Symbols of Washington State". Washington State Legislature. Archived from the original on 2007-03-05. Retrieved 2007-03-11.
^ http://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/2016/BlueBook/1043_WVS_BlueBook.pdf
^ "Wisc. Stat. § 1.10(3)(g)". State of Wisconsin. Retrieved 2014-08-03.
^ "Wyoming Facts and Symbols - State of Wyoming". www.wyo.gov.

References[]

Netstate.com state fish tables

External links[]

[1] "Alabama Department of Archives and History, Alabama Emblems: Official Freshwater Fish". archives.alabama.gov.

[2] "Alabama Department of Archives and History, Alabama Emblems: Official Saltwater Fish". archives.alabama.gov.

[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.

[library.ca.gov-6] Jump up to: ^a ^b "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.

[9] "State of Delaware - Redirect Page". portal.delaware.gov.

[10] "Fishing in the district". DOEE. Retrieved 13 September 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 2019-06-23

[15] Diprima, Paul (Mar 17, 2007), "Georgia home to several kinds of trout", Rome News-Tribune, retrieved 2019-06-23

[16] "§ 50-3-83. Official salt-water fish", Official Code of Georgia Annotated, retrieved 2019-06-23

[17] Dickson, Terry (Aug 9, 2016), "Red drum will be on new Georgia license plate to enhance marine habitat", jacksonville.com, retrieved 2019-06-23

[18] "HB1982 SD1". www.capitol.hawaii.gov.

[19] Governor C. L. "Butch" Otter - The State of Idaho - FYI Idaho State Symbols Archived 2010-06-30 at the Wayback Machine

[20] "Education". www2.illinois.gov.

[21] Senate Joint Resolution 2001 Archived 2009-05-31 at the Wayback Machine. Iowa General Assembly.

[22] ttps://www.kshs.org/kansapedia/kansas-symbols/17169 and "Kansas one step closer to having a state fish" Topeka Capital Journal. Katie Moore, Mar 20, 2018 https://www.cjonline.com/news/20180320/kansas-one-step-closer-to-having-state-fish

[23] Kentucky State Symbols - Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives Archived 2006-12-13 at the Wayback Machine

[24] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-08-23. Retrieved 2007-07-31.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[25] "HB1692". legis.la.gov.

[26] "Secretary of State Kid's Page".

[27] "Title 1, §212: State fish". legislature.maine.gov.

[28] "Rockfish (Striped Bass), Maryland State Fish". msa.maryland.gov.

[29] M.G.L. - Chapter 2, Section 13

[30] ttps://www.sec.state.ma.us/cis/cismaf/mf1a.htm

[31] "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-08-07. Retrieved 2007-08-01.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[32] "Minnesota Legislative Reference Library - Minnesota State Symbols". www.leg.mn.gov.

[33] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-10-10. Retrieved 2008-05-09.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[34] "State Symbols of Missouri - Missouri Secretary of State". www.sos.mo.gov.

[35] "State Symbols of Missouri - Missouri Secretary of State". www.sos.mo.gov.

[36] "1-1-507. State fish", Montana Code Annotated 2017, retrieved 2019-06-28

[37] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-08-13. Retrieved 2007-08-01.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[38] "Nevada Facts". Archived from the original on 2015-05-05. Retrieved 2007-08-01.

[39] "NRS: CHAPTER 235 - STATE SEAL, MOTTO AND SYMBOLS; GIFTS AND ENDOWMENTS". www.leg.state.nv.us.

[40] "Section 3:20 State Freshwater Fish". www.gencourt.state.nh.us.

[41] "New Hampshire Almanac | NH.gov". www.nh.gov.

[42] "New Jersey State Fish".

[43] Legislature, New Jersey (February 26, 1995). "Session Laws of New Jersey". hdl.handle.net.

[44] Pugliese, Nicholas (August 7, 2017). "It's official: 'Garden State' is New Jersey's slogan". NorthJersey.com. USA Today. Retrieved 8 August 2017.

[45] "2005 Senate Bill text for SB0013".

[46] "New York State Fish - Brook Trout: NYS Emblems: New York State Library". www.nysl.nysed.gov.

[47] "New York State Emblems". Archived from the original on October 8, 2008.

[48] "NYS Kids Room - State Symbols". www.dos.ny.gov.

[autogenerated1-49] Jump up to: ^a ^b "North Carolina Secretary of State". www.sosnc.gov.

[50] "North Carolina State Salt Water Fish, Channel Bass | NCpedia". ncpedia.org.

[51] "nd.gov: Official Portal for North Dakota State Government". Archived from the original on 2014-08-15. Retrieved 2007-08-01.

[52] "Northern Pike | North Dakota Studies". www.ndstudies.gov.

[53] "Ohio Secretary of State, Symbols of Ohio". Ohio Secretary of State. Archived from the original on 2016-01-22. Retrieved 2016-01-14.

[54] "Oklahoma Symbols | OHSkids!". www.okhistory.org.

[55] ttps://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors186.html

[56] "Act of Mar. 9, 1970, P.L. 161, No. 61 Cl. 71 - MAKING THE BROOK TROUT THE STATE FISH". www.legis.state.pa.us.

[57] "RI.gov: Rhode Island Government".

[58] "SC Statehouse Student's web page, State Symbols and Emblems". South Carolina General Assembly. Archived from the original on 2007-06-22. Retrieved 2007-07-16.

[59] "About the State of South Dakota: South Dakota Secretary of State". sdsos.gov.

[TNsymbols-60] Jump up to: ^a ^b State Symbols, Tennessee State Government, retrieved 2019-05-08

[auto-61] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Texas State Symbols - Texas State Library and Archives Commission | TSLAC". www.tsl.texas.gov.

[62] 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

[63] "§ 501. State Fish", The Vermont Statutes Online Title 1 : General Provisions Chapter 011 : Flag, Insignia, Seal, Etc., Vermont General Assembly, retrieved 2020-02-14

[64] No. 82. An act relating to the designation of brook trout and walleye pike as the state fish of Vermont (PDF), 2012, retrieved 2020-02-14

[65] "Bill Tracking - 2011 session > Legislation". lis.virginia.gov.

[66] "Symbols of Washington State". Washington State Legislature. Archived from the original on 2007-03-05. Retrieved 2007-03-11.

[67] ttp://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/2016/BlueBook/1043_WVS_BlueBook.pdf

[68] "Wisc. Stat. § 1.10(3)(g)". State of Wisconsin. Retrieved 2014-08-03.

[69] "Wyoming Facts and Symbols - State of Wyoming". www.wyo.gov.

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