List of U.S. state fish

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 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			^[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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