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 | [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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