List of U.S. state fish

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

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StateCommon nameScientific nameImageYear
Alabama Largemouth bass
(fresh water)		Micropterus salmoides1975[1]
Fighting tarpon
(salt water)		Megalops atlanticus1955[2]
Alaska King salmonOncorhynchus tshawytscha1962[3]
Arizona Apache troutOncorhynchus 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 rubicundus1995[6]
Colorado Greenback cutthroat troutOncorhynchus clarkii (subspecies stomias)1994[7]
Connecticut American shadAlosa sapidissima2003[8]
Delaware WeakfishCynoscion genus1981[9]
District of Columbia American shadAlosa sapidissimaAmerican Shad[10]
Florida Florida largemouth bass
(fresh water)		Micropterus floridanus2007[11]
Atlantic sailfish
(salt water)		Istiophorus albicans2007[12]
Georgia Largemouth bassMicropterus salmoides1970[13]
Southern Appalachian brook trout
(cold water game fish)		Salvelinus fontinalis2006[14][15]
Red drum
(salt-water fish)		Sciaenops ocellatus2006[16][17]
Hawaii Humuhumunukunukuāpuaʻa

(Reef triggerfish)

 Rhinecanthus rectangulus2006[18]
Idaho Cutthroat troutOncorhynchus clarkii1990[19]
Illinois BluegillLepomis macrochirus1986[20]
Indiana none recognized [21]
Iowa none recognized[22]
Kansas Channel catfishIctalurus punctatus2018[23][24]
Kentucky Kentucky spotted bassMicropterus punctulatus1956[25]
Louisiana White crappie
(fresh water)		Pomoxis annularis1993[26]
Spotted sea trout
(salt water)		Cynoscion nebulosus2001[27]
Maine Landlocked Atlantic salmonSalmo salar sebago1969[28][29]
Maryland Rockfish
(striped bass)		Morone saxatilis1965[30]
MegalodonOtodus megalodon2026[31]
Massachusetts CodGadus morhua1974[32][33]
Michigan Brook troutSalvelinus fontinalis1988[34]
Minnesota WalleyeSander vitreus1965[35]
Mississippi Largemouth bassMicropterus salmoides1974[36]
Missouri Channel catfish
(fish)		Ictalurus punctatus1997[37]
Paddlefish
(aquatic animal)		Polyodon spathula1997[38]
Montana Blackspotted cutthroat troutOncorhynchus clarkii (subspecies lewisi)1977[39]
Nebraska Channel catfishIctalurus punctatus1997[40]
Nevada Lahontan cutthroat troutOncorhynchus clarkii (subspecies henshawi)1981[41][42]
New Hampshire Brook trout
(freshwater)		Salvelinus fontinalis1994[43]
Striped bass
(salt water game fish)		Morone saxatilis1994[44]
New Jersey Brook trout
(freshwater)		Salvelinus fontinalis1991[45][46]
Striped bass
(salt water game fish)		Morone saxatilis2017[47]
New Mexico Rio Grande cutthroat troutOncorhynchus clarkii (subspecies virginalis)2005[48]
New York Brook trout
(freshwater)		Salvelinus fontinalis1975[49]
Striped bass
(marine/saltwater)		Morone saxatilis2006[50][51]
North Carolina Channel bass (saltwater)Sciaenops ocellatus1971[52][53]
Southern Appalachian brook trout
(freshwater trout)		Salvelinus fontinalis2005[52]
North Dakota Northern pikeEsox lucius1969[54][55]
Ohio None recognized[56]
Oklahoma White bassMorone chrysops1974[57]
Oregon Chinook salmonOncorhynchus tshawytscha1961[58]
Pennsylvania Brook troutSalvelinus fontinalis1970[59]
Rhode Island Striped bassMorone saxatilis2000[60]
South Carolina Striped bassMorone saxatilis1972[61]
South Dakota WalleyeSander vitreus1992[62]
Tennessee Smallmouth bass
(sport fish)		Micropterus dolomieu2005[63]
Channel catfish
(state commercial fish)		Ictalurus punctatus1987[63]
Texas Guadalupe bass (freshwater)Micropterus treculii1989[64]
Red drum (saltwater)Sciaenops ocellatus2011[64]
Utah Bonneville cutthroat troutOncorhynchus clarkii (subspecies utah)1997[65]
Vermont Brook trout
(cold water)		Salvelinus fontinalis1978 (2012)[66][67]
Walleye
(warm water)		Sander vitreus
Virginia Brook trout
(fresh water)		Salvelinus fontinalis2011[68]
Striped bass
(salt water)		Morone saxatilis
Washington Steelhead troutOncorhynchus mykiss1969[69]
West Virginia Brook troutSalvelinus fontinalis1973[70]
Wisconsin MuskellungeEsox masquinongy1955[71]
Wyoming Cutthroat troutOncorhynchus clarkii1987[72]
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