This is a list of official U.S. state fishes:
State | Common name | Scientific name | Image | Year |
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Alabama |
Largemouth bass (fresh water) |
Micropterus salmoides |
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1975 [1] |
Fighting tarpon (salt water) |
Megalops atlanticus |
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1955 [2] | |
Alaska | King salmon | Oncorhynchus tshawytscha |
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1962 [3] |
Arizona | Apache trout | Oncorhynchus gilae (subspecies apache) |
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1986 [4] |
Arkansas |
Alligator gar (primitive) |
Atractosteus spatula |
|
2019 [5] |
California |
Golden trout (fresh water) |
Oncorhynchus mykiss (subspecies aguabonita) |
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1947 [6] |
Garibaldi (salt water) |
Hypsypops rubicundus |
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1995 [6] | |
Colorado | Greenback cutthroat trout | Oncorhynchus clarkii (subspecies stomias) |
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1994 [7] |
Connecticut | American shad | Alosa sapidissima |
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2003 [8] |
Delaware | Weakfish | Cynoscion genus |
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1981 [9] |
District of Columbia | American shad | Alosa sapidissima |
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[10] |
Florida |
Florida largemouth bass (fresh water) |
Micropterus floridanus | 2007 [11] | |
Atlantic sailfish (salt water) |
Istiophorus albicans |
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2007 [12] | |
Georgia | Largemouth bass | Micropterus salmoides |
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1970 [13] |
Southern Appalachian
brook trout (cold water game fish) |
Salvelinus fontinalis |
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2006 [14] [15] | |
Red drum (salt-water fish) |
Sciaenops ocellatus |
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2006 [16] [17] | |
Hawaii | Humuhumunukunukuāpuaʻa | Rhinecanthus rectangulus |
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2006 [18] |
Idaho | Cutthroat trout | Oncorhynchus clarkii |
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1990 [19] |
Illinois | Bluegill | Lepomis macrochirus |
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1986 [20] |
Iowa | none recognized | [21] | ||
Kansas | Channel catfish | Ictalurus punctatus |
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2018 [22] [23] |
Kentucky | Kentucky spotted bass | Micropterus punctulatus |
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1956 [24] |
Louisiana |
White crappie (fresh water) |
Pomoxis annularis |
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1993 [25] |
Spotted sea trout (salt water) |
Cynoscion nebulosus |
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2001 [26] | |
Maine | Landlocked Atlantic salmon | Salmo salar sebago |
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1969 [27] [28] |
Maryland |
Rockfish (striped bass) |
Morone saxatilis |
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1965 [29] |
Massachusetts | Cod | Gadus morhua |
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1974 [30] [31] |
Michigan | Brook trout | Salvelinus fontinalis |
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1988 [32] |
Minnesota | Walleye | Sander vitreus |
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1965 [33] |
Mississippi | Largemouth bass | Micropterus salmoides |
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1974 [34] |
Missouri |
Channel catfish (fish) |
Ictalurus punctatus |
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1997 [35] |
Paddlefish (aquatic animal) |
Polyodon spathula |
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1997 [36] | |
Montana | Blackspotted cutthroat trout | Oncorhynchus clarkii (subspecies lewisi) |
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1977 [37] |
Nebraska | Channel catfish | Ictalurus punctatus |
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1997 [38] |
Nevada | Lahontan cutthroat trout | Oncorhynchus clarkii (subspecies henshawi) |
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1981 [39] [40] |
New Hampshire |
Brook trout (freshwater) |
Salvelinus fontinalis |
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1994 [41] |
Striped bass (salt water game fish) |
Morone saxatilis |
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1994 [42] | |
New Jersey |
Brook trout (freshwater) |
Salvelinus fontinalis |
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1991 [43] [44] |
Striped bass (salt water game fish) |
Morone saxatilis |
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2017 [45] | |
New Mexico | Rio Grande cutthroat trout | Oncorhynchus clarkii (subspecies virginalis) |
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2005 [46] |
New York |
Brook trout (freshwater) |
Salvelinus fontinalis |
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1975 [47] |
Striped bass (marine/saltwater) |
Morone saxatilis |
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2006 [48] [49] | |
North Carolina | Channel bass (saltwater) | Sciaenops ocellatus |
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1971 [50] [51] |
Southern Appalachian brook trout (freshwater trout) |
Salvelinus fontinalis |
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2005 [50] | |
North Dakota | Northern pike | Esox lucius |
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1969 [52] [53] |
Ohio | None recognized [54] | |||
Oklahoma | White bass | Morone chrysops |
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1974 [55] |
Oregon | Chinook salmon | Oncorhynchus tshawytscha |
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1961 [56] |
Pennsylvania | Brook trout | Salvelinus fontinalis |
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1970 [57] |
Rhode Island | Striped bass | Morone saxatilis |
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2000 [58] |
South Carolina | Striped bass | Morone saxatilis |
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1972 [59] |
South Dakota | Walleye | Sander vitreus |
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1992 [60] |
Tennessee |
Smallmouth bass (sport fish) |
Micropterus dolomieu |
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2005 [61] |
Channel catfish (state commercial fish) |
Ictalurus punctatus |
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1987 [61] | |
Texas | Guadalupe bass (freshwater) | Micropterus treculii |
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1989 [62] |
Red drum (saltwater) | Sciaenops ocellatus |
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2011 [62] | |
Utah | Bonneville cutthroat trout | Oncorhynchus clarkii (subspecies utah) |
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1997 [63] |
Vermont |
Brook trout (cold water) |
Salvelinus fontinalis |
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1978 (2012) [64] [65] |
Walleye (warm water) |
Sander vitreus |
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Virginia |
Brook trout (fresh water) |
Salvelinus fontinalis |
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2011 [66] |
Striped bass (salt water) |
Morone saxatilis |
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Washington | Steelhead trout | Oncorhynchus mykiss |
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1969 [67] |
West Virginia | Brook trout | Salvelinus fontinalis |
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1973 [68] |
Wisconsin | Muskellunge | Esox masquinongy |
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1955 [69] |
Wyoming | Cutthroat trout | Oncorhynchus clarkii |
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1987 [70] |
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