List of U.S. state fish explained

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

State	Common name		Image	Year
	Largemouth bass (fresh water)	Micropterus salmoides	200px	1975^[1]
	Fighting tarpon (salt water)	Megalops atlanticus		1955^[2]
Alaska		Oncorhynchus tshawytscha		1962^[3]
Arizona		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
Colorado		Oncorhynchus clarkii (subspecies stomias)		1994^[7]
Connecticut		Alosa sapidissima		2003^[8]
Delaware		Cynoscion genus		1981^[9]
		Alosa sapidissima		^[10]
Florida	Florida largemouth bass (fresh water)	Micropterus floridanus		2007^[11]
	Atlantic sailfish (salt water)	Istiophorus albicans		2007^[12]
Georgia		Micropterus salmoides		1970^[13]
	Southern Appalachian brook trout (cold water game fish)	Salvelinus fontinalis		2006
	Red drum (salt-water fish)	Sciaenops ocellatus			2006
		Rhinecanthus rectangulus		2006^[14]
Idaho		Oncorhynchus clarkii		1990^[15]
Illinois		Lepomis macrochirus		1986^[16]
Iowa	none recognized			^[17]
Kansas	Channel catfish	Ictalurus punctatus		2018^[18] ^[19]
Kentucky		Micropterus punctulatus		1956^[20]
Louisiana	White crappie (fresh water)	Pomoxis annularis		1993^[21]
	Spotted sea trout (salt water)	Cynoscion nebulosus		2001^[22]
Maine		Salmo salar sebago		1969^[23] ^[24]
Maryland	Rockfish (striped bass)	Morone saxatilis		1965^[25]
Massachusetts		Gadus morhua		1974^[26] ^[27]
Michigan		Salvelinus fontinalis		1988^[28]
Minnesota		Sander vitreus		1965^[29]
Mississippi		Micropterus salmoides		1974^[30]
Missouri	Channel catfish (fish)	Ictalurus punctatus		1997^[31]
	Paddlefish (aquatic animal)	Polyodon spathula		1997^[32]
Montana		Oncorhynchus clarkii (subspecies lewisi)		1977
Nebraska		Ictalurus punctatus		1997^[33]
Nevada		Oncorhynchus clarkii (subspecies henshawi)		1981^[34] ^[35]
New Hampshire	Brook trout (freshwater)	Salvelinus fontinalis		1994^[36]
	Striped bass (salt water game fish)	Morone saxatilis		1994^[37]
New Jersey	Brook trout (freshwater)	Salvelinus fontinalis		1991^[38] ^[39]
	Striped bass (salt water game fish)	Morone saxatilis		2017^[40]
New Mexico		Oncorhynchus clarkii (subspecies virginalis)		2005^[41]
New York	Brook trout (freshwater)	Salvelinus fontinalis		1975^[42]
	Striped bass (marine/saltwater)	Morone saxatilis		2006^[43] ^[44]
North Carolina	Channel bass (saltwater)	Sciaenops ocellatus		1971^[45] ^[46]
	Southern Appalachian brook trout (freshwater trout)	Salvelinus fontinalis		2005
North Dakota		Esox lucius		1969^[47] ^[48]
Ohio	None recognized^[49]
Oklahoma		Morone chrysops		1974^[50]
Oregon		Oncorhynchus tshawytscha		1961^[51]
Pennsylvania		Salvelinus fontinalis		1970^[52]
Rhode Island		Morone saxatilis		2000^[53]
South Carolina		Morone saxatilis		1972^[54]
South Dakota		Sander vitreus		1992^[55]
Tennessee	Smallmouth bass (sport fish)	Micropterus dolomieu		2005
	Channel catfish (state commercial fish)	Ictalurus punctatus		1987
Texas	Guadalupe bass (freshwater)	Micropterus treculii		1989^[56]
	Red drum (saltwater)	Sciaenops ocellatus		2011
Utah		Oncorhynchus clarkii (subspecies utah)		1997^[57]
Vermont	Brook trout (cold water)	Salvelinus fontinalis		1978 (2012)
	Walleye (warm water)	Sander vitreus
Virginia	Brook trout (fresh water)	Salvelinus fontinalis		2011^[58]
	Striped bass (salt water)	Morone saxatilis
Washington		Oncorhynchus mykiss		1969^[59]
West Virginia		Salvelinus fontinalis		1973^[60]
Wisconsin		Esox masquinongy		1955^[61]
Wyoming		Oncorhynchus clarkii		1987^[62]

See also

• List of U.S. state, district, and territorial insignia
• Lists of United States state symbols#Flora and fauna

References

• Netstate.com state fish tables

Notes and References

1. Web site: Alabama Department of Archives and History, Alabama Emblems: Official Freshwater Fish. archives.alabama.gov. 2021-02-26. 2021-02-16. https://web.archive.org/web/20210216192702/https://archives.alabama.gov/emblems/st_ffish.html. dead.
2. Web site: Alabama Department of Archives and History, Alabama Emblems: Official Saltwater Fish. archives.alabama.gov. 2021-02-26. 2021-03-04. https://web.archive.org/web/20210304221518/https://archives.alabama.gov/emblems/st_sfish.html. dead.
3. Web site: The Alaska State Chamber of Commerce :: Student Guide :: State Symbols. https://web.archive.org/web/20080704053450/http://www.alaskachamber.com/artman/publish/ssymbols.html. dead. July 4, 2008.
4. http://www.lib.az.us/museum/symbols.cfm ASLAPR – Museum Division
5. Web site: Gov. Hutchinson signs bill making alligator gar state's official primitive fish. thv11.com. 25 March 2019.
6. Web site: History and Culture - California State Symbols - California State Library. www.library.ca.gov.
7. http://www.colorado.gov/dpa/doit/archives/history/symbemb.htm#Fish Colorado Department of Personnel & Administration (DPA) Division of Information Technologies (DoIT)
8. Web site: KIDS: State Fish. www.ct.gov.
9. Web site: Delaware Code Online. delcode.delaware.gov.
10. Web site: Fishing in the district . DOEE . 13 September 2020.
11. http://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&Search_String=&URL=Ch0015/SEC036.HTM&Title=-%3E2006-%3ECh0015-%3ESection%20036#0015.036 Official state freshwater fish.
12. http://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&Search_String=&URL=Ch0015/SEC037.HTM&Title=-%3E2006-%3ECh0015-%3ESection%20037#0015.037 Official state saltwater fish.
13. Web site: Georgia State Symbols. https://web.archive.org/web/20070810153516/http://www.legis.state.ga.us/legis/2005_06/house/kids/elemsymbols.htm. dead. August 10, 2007.
14. Web site: HB1982 SD1. www.capitol.hawaii.gov.
15. Web site: Governor C. L. "Butch" Otter - The State of Idaho - FYI Idaho State Symbols. https://web.archive.org/web/20100630201842/http://gov.idaho.gov/fyi/symbols/symbols_index.html. dead. June 30, 2010.
16. Web site: Education. www2.illinois.gov. 2021-02-26. 2021-12-18. https://web.archive.org/web/20211218160555/https://www2.illinois.gov/dnr/education/Pages/ILStateSymbols.aspx. dead.
17. Web site: 2022-05-31. Iowa Official Register IOWA PROFILE Chapter 8. https://web.archive.org/web/20220531111412/https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/RDBKI/1286541.pdf.
18. Web site: Kansas Symbols.
19. Web site: Kansas one step closer to having a state fish. Topeka Capital Journal. Katie . Moore. Mar 20, 2018 .
20. Web site: Kentucky State Symbols – Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives. https://web.archive.org/web/20061213232500/http://www.kdla.ky.gov/resources/KYSymbols.htm. dead. December 13, 2006.
21. Web site: Louisiana Secretary of State/LOUISIANA FACTS-PG.E . 2007-07-31 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070823150634/http://www.sos.louisiana.gov/around/facts/facts-E.htm . 2007-08-23 .
22. Web site: HB1692. legis.la.gov.
23. Web site: Secretary of State Kid's Page. 2007-08-01. 2008-10-29. https://web.archive.org/web/20081029230135/http://maine.gov/sos/kids/allabout/symbols/fish.htm. dead.
24. Web site: Title 1, §212: State fish. legislature.maine.gov.
25. Web site: Rockfish (Striped Bass), Maryland State Fish. msa.maryland.gov.
26. Web site: M.G.L. - Chapter 2, Section 13. 2006-04-15. 2008-11-23. https://web.archive.org/web/20081123053547/http://www.mass.gov/legis/laws/mgl/2-13.htm. dead.
27. Web site: State Symbols. https://web.archive.org/web/20230512224454/https://www.sec.state.ma.us/cis/cismaf/mf1a.htm. 2023-05-12.
28. Web site: Archived copy . 2007-08-01 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070807105056/http://senate.michigan.gov/kidspage/trout.pdf . 2007-08-07 .
29. Web site: Minnesota Legislative Reference Library - Minnesota State Symbols. www.leg.mn.gov.
30. Web site: State symbols . 2008-05-09 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20071010064445/http://www.its.state.ms.us/et/portal/MSSymbols/symbols.htm . 2007-10-10 .
31. Web site: State Symbols of Missouri - Missouri Secretary of State. www.sos.mo.gov.
32. Web site: State Symbols of Missouri - Missouri Secretary of State. www.sos.mo.gov.
33. Web site: State Symbols . 2007-08-01 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070813092235/http://csd.unl.edu/general/statesymbols.asp . 2007-08-13 .
34. Web site: Nevada Facts . 2007-08-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150505090241/http://www.leg.state.nv.us/General/Facts.cfm . 2015-05-05 . dead .
35. Web site: NRS: CHAPTER 235 - STATE SEAL, MOTTO AND SYMBOLS; GIFTS AND ENDOWMENTS. www.leg.state.nv.us.
36. Web site: Section 3:20 State Freshwater Fish.. www.gencourt.state.nh.us.
37. Web site: New Hampshire Almanac | NH.gov. www.nh.gov.
38. Web site: New Jersey State Fish.
39. Session Laws of New Jersey. New Jersey. Legislature. February 26, 1995. hdl.handle.net. 10929/50436.
40. News: Pugliese. Nicholas. It's official: 'Garden State' is New Jersey's slogan. 8 August 2017. USA Today. NorthJersey.com. August 7, 2017.
41. Web site: 2005 Senate Bill text for SB0013.
42. Web site: New York State Fish - Brook Trout: NYS Emblems: New York State Library. www.nysl.nysed.gov. 2007-08-01. 2012-04-22. https://web.archive.org/web/20120422002109/http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/emblems/fish.htm. dead.
43. Web site: New York State Emblems. https://web.archive.org/web/20081008013833/http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/emblems/bevfmsi.htm. dead. October 8, 2008.
44. Web site: NYS Kids Room - State Symbols. www.dos.ny.gov. 2020-07-17. 2020-11-25. https://web.archive.org/web/20201125185519/https://www.dos.ny.gov/kids_room/508/symbols2.html. dead.
45. Web site: North Carolina Secretary of State. www.sosnc.gov.
46. Web site: North Carolina State Salt Water Fish, Channel Bass | NCpedia. ncpedia.org.
47. Web site: nd.gov: Official Portal for North Dakota State Government . 2007-08-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140815002346/http://nd.gov/content.htm?parentCatID=75&id=State%20Fish . 2014-08-15 . dead .
48. Web site: Northern Pike | North Dakota Studies. www.ndstudies.gov. 2020-07-17. 2020-10-24. https://web.archive.org/web/20201024003852/https://www.ndstudies.gov/gr4/citizenship/section-16-northern-pike. dead.
49. Web site: Ohio Secretary of State, Symbols of Ohio. Ohio Secretary of State. 2016-01-14. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160122205829/http://www.sos.state.oh.us/sos/ProfileOhio/SymbolsofOhio.aspx. 2016-01-22.
50. Web site: Oklahoma Symbols | OHSkids!. www.okhistory.org.
51. Web site: Chapter 186.
52. Web site: Act of Mar. 9, 1970, P.L. 161, No. 61 Cl. 71 - MAKING THE BROOK TROUT THE STATE FISH. www.legis.state.pa.us.
53. Web site: RIGOV. www.ri.gov.
54. Web site: SC Statehouse Student's web page, State Symbols and Emblems . . 2007-07-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070622035744/http://www.scstatehouse.net/studentpage/symbols.htm . 2007-06-22.
55. Web site: About the State of South Dakota: South Dakota Secretary of State. sdsos.gov.
56. Web site: Texas State Symbols - Texas State Library and Archives Commission | TSLAC. www.tsl.texas.gov.
57. http://pioneer.utah.gov/utah_on_the_web/utah_symbols/trout.html Utah Symbols - Bonneville Cutthroat Trout
58. Web site: Bill Tracking - 2011 session > Legislation. lis.virginia.gov.
59. Web site: Symbols of Washington State . Washington State Legislature . 2007-03-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070305110012/http://www1.leg.wa.gov/Legislature/StateSymbols/ . 2007-03-05.
60. Web site: Section Eleven Departmental, Statistical & General Information.
61. Web site: Wisc. Stat. § 1.10(3)(g) . State of Wisconsin . 2014-08-03.
62. Web site: Wyoming Facts and Symbols - State of Wyoming. www.wyo.gov.