List of U.S. state fish

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Template:Short description Template:DMCA This is a list of official U.S. state fishes:

State Common name Scientific name Image Year
Alabama Largemouth bass
(fresh water)		 Micropterus salmoides File:1351 largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides) 300 dpi.jpg 1975[1]
Fighting tarpon
(salt water)		 Megalops atlanticus File:Atlantic tarpon.jpg 1955[2]
Alaska King salmon Oncorhynchus tshawytscha File:Chinook salmon.jpg 1962[3]
Arizona Apache trout Oncorhynchus gilae (subspecies apache) File:Apache trout (Oncorhynchus apache) (12435087154).jpg 1986[4]
Arkansas Alligator gar
(primitive) 		Atractosteus spatula File:Alligator Gar 10.JPG 2019[5]
California Golden trout
(fresh water)		 Oncorhynchus mykiss (subspecies aguabonita) File:Small Golden Trout.jpg 1947[6]
Garibaldi
(salt water)		 Hypsypops rubicundus File:Hypsypops rubicundus adult.jpg 1995[6]
Colorado Greenback cutthroat trout Oncorhynchus clarkii (subspecies stomias) File:Greenbackcutthroat.jpg 1994[7]
Connecticut American shad Alosa sapidissima File:Dentonshad1904.jpg 2003[8]
Delaware Weakfish Cynoscion genus File:Cynoscion regalis (line art).jpg 1981[9]
District of Columbia American shad Alosa sapidissima American Shad [10]
Florida Florida largemouth bass
(fresh water)		 Micropterus floridanus 2007[11]
Atlantic sailfish
(salt water)		 Istiophorus albicans File:PSM V26 D359 The american sailfish istiophorus americanus.jpg 2007[12]
Georgia Largemouth bass Micropterus salmoides File:LargemouthBass.jpg 1970[13]
Southern Appalachian brook trout
(cold water game fish)		 Salvelinus fontinalis File:Brook trout 1918.jpg 2006[14][15]
Red drum
(salt-water fish)		 Sciaenops ocellatus File:Red Drum (Sciaenops ocellatus).jpg 2006[16][17]
Hawaii Humuhumunukunukuāpuaʻa

(Reef triggerfish)

Rhinecanthus rectangulus File:Reef Triggerfish 1.JPG 2006[18]
Idaho Cutthroat trout Oncorhynchus clarkii File:Yellowstone Cutthroat Trout.jpg 1990[19]
Illinois Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus File:Lepomis macrochirus UMFS 2014 2.JPG 1986[20]
Indiana none recognized [21]
Iowa none recognized [22]
Kansas Channel catfish Ictalurus punctatus File:Channelcat.jpg 2018[23][24]
Kentucky Kentucky spotted bass Micropterus punctulatus File:Micropterus punctulatus.jpg 1956[25]
Louisiana White crappie
(fresh water)		 Pomoxis annularis File:White Crappie.jpg 1993[26]
Spotted sea trout
(salt water)		 Cynoscion nebulosus File:Spotted seatrout fish cynoscion nebulosus.jpg 2001[27]
Maine Landlocked Atlantic salmon Salmo salar sebago File:Atlantischer Lachs.jpg 1969[28][29]
Maryland Rockfish
(striped bass)		 Morone saxatilis File:Striped bass FWS 1.jpg 1965[30]
Megalodon Otodus megalodon File:Megalodon jaws on display at the National Baltimore Aquarium.jpg 2026[31]
Massachusetts Cod Gadus morhua File:Atlantic cod.jpg 1974[32][33]
Michigan Brook trout Salvelinus fontinalis File:Salvelinus fontinalis.jpg 1988[34]
Minnesota Walleye Sander vitreus File:Sander vitreus.jpg 1965[35]
Mississippi Largemouth bass Micropterus salmoides File:1351 largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides) 300 dpi.jpg 1974[36]
Missouri Channel catfish
(fish)		 Ictalurus punctatus File:Ictalurus punctatus1.jpg 1997[37]
Paddlefish
(aquatic animal)		 Polyodon spathula File:Paddlefish Polyodon spathula.jpg 1997[38]
Montana Blackspotted cutthroat trout Oncorhynchus clarkii (subspecies lewisi) File:Westslope cutthroat trout USGS.jpg 1977[39]
Nebraska Channel catfish Ictalurus punctatus File:Ictalurus punctatus.jpg 1997[40]
Nevada Lahontan cutthroat trout Oncorhynchus clarkii (subspecies henshawi) File:Lahontan pyramid.jpg 1981[41][42]
New Hampshire Brook trout
(freshwater)		 Salvelinus fontinalis File:Salvelinus fontinalis.jpg 1994[43]
Striped bass
(salt water game fish)		 Morone saxatilis File:Striped bass FWS 1.jpg 1994[44]
New Jersey Brook trout
(freshwater)		 Salvelinus fontinalis File:Salvelinus fontinalis.jpg 1991[45][46]
Striped bass
(salt water game fish)		 Morone saxatilis File:Striped bass FWS 1.jpg 2017[47]
New Mexico Rio Grande cutthroat trout Oncorhynchus clarkii (subspecies virginalis) File:Oncorhynchus clarkii virginalis.jpg 2005[48]
New York Brook trout
(freshwater)		 Salvelinus fontinalis File:Salvelinus fontinalis.jpg 1975[49]
Striped bass
(marine/saltwater)		 Morone saxatilis File:Striped bass FWS 1.jpg 2006[50][51]
North Carolina Channel bass (saltwater) Sciaenops ocellatus File:Channelbass.jpg 1971[52][53]
Southern Appalachian brook trout
(freshwater trout)		 Salvelinus fontinalis File:Brook Trout Salvelinus fontinalis 2900px.jpg 2005[52]
North Dakota Northern pike Esox lucius File:Europaeischer Hecht.jpg 1969[54][55]
Ohio None recognized[56]
Oklahoma White bass Morone chrysops File:Morone chrysops1.jpg 1974[57]
Oregon Chinook salmon Oncorhynchus tshawytscha File:Chinook salmon.jpg 1961[58]
Pennsylvania Brook trout Salvelinus fontinalis File:Salvelinus fontinalis.jpg 1970[59]
Rhode Island Striped bass Morone saxatilis File:Striped bass FWS 1.jpg 2000[60]
South Carolina Striped bass Morone saxatilis File:Striped bass FWS 1.jpg 1972[61]
South Dakota Walleye Sander vitreus File:Sander vitreus.jpg 1992[62]
Tennessee Smallmouth bass
(sport fish)		 Micropterus dolomieu File:Smallmouth bass.png 2005[63]
Channel catfish
(state commercial fish)		 Ictalurus punctatus File:Ictalurus punctatus.jpg 1987[63]
Texas Guadalupe bass (freshwater) Micropterus treculii File:Guadalupe bass - Micropterus treculii.jpg 1989[64]
Red drum (saltwater) Sciaenops ocellatus File:Red Drum (Sciaenops ocellatus).jpg 2011[64]
Utah Bonneville cutthroat trout Oncorhynchus clarkii (subspecies utah) File:Bonneville cutthroat.jpg 1997[65]
Vermont Brook trout
(cold water)		 Salvelinus fontinalis File:Brook Trout Salvelinus fontinalis 2900px.jpg 1978 (2012)[66][67]
Walleye
(warm water)		 Sander vitreus File:Sander vitreus.jpg
Virginia Brook trout
(fresh water)		 Salvelinus fontinalis File:Salvelinus fontinalis.jpg 2011[68]
Striped bass
(salt water)		 Morone saxatilis File:Striped Bass 2.jpg
Washington Steelhead trout Oncorhynchus mykiss File:Oncorhynchus mykiss.jpg 1969[69]
West Virginia Brook trout Salvelinus fontinalis File:Salvelinus fontinalis.jpg 1973[70]
Wisconsin Muskellunge Esox masquinongy File:Muskellunge USFWS.jpg 1955[71]
Wyoming Cutthroat trout Oncorhynchus clarkii File:Yellowstone Cutthroat Trout.jpg 1987[72]

See also

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