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] |
See also
[edit]- List of U.S. state, district, and territorial insignia
- Lists of United States state symbols#Flora and fauna
Notes
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- ^ Official state saltwater fish. The 2007 Florida Statutes: Title IV, Chapter 15.037
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