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List of U.S. state fish

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

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

State Common name Scientific name Image Year
Alabama Largemouth bass
(fresh water)		 Micropterus salmoides 19751
Fighting tarpon
(salt water)		 Megalops atlanticus 19552
Alaska King salmon Oncorhynchus tshawytscha 19623
Arizona Apache trout Oncorhynchus gilae (subspecies apache) 19864
Arkansas Alligator gar
(primitive) 		Atractosteus spatula 20195
California Golden trout
(fresh water)		 Oncorhynchus mykiss (subspecies aguabonita) 19476
Garibaldi
(salt water)		 Hypsypops rubicundus 19956
Colorado Greenback cutthroat trout Oncorhynchus clarkii (subspecies stomias) 19947
Connecticut American shad Alosa sapidissima 20038
Delaware Weakfish Cynoscion genus 19819
District of Columbia American shad Alosa sapidissima American Shad 10
Florida Florida largemouth bass
(fresh water)		 Micropterus floridanus 200711
Atlantic sailfish
(salt water)		 Istiophorus albicans 200712
Georgia Largemouth bass Micropterus salmoides 197013
Southern Appalachian brook trout
(cold water game fish)		 Salvelinus fontinalis 20061415
Red drum
(salt-water fish)		 Sciaenops ocellatus 20061617
Hawaii Humuhumunukunukuāpuaʻa

(Reef triggerfish)

Rhinecanthus rectangulus 200618
Idaho Cutthroat trout Oncorhynchus clarkii 199019
Illinois Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus 198620
Indiana none recognized 21
Iowa none recognized 22
Kansas Channel catfish Ictalurus punctatus 20182324
Kentucky Kentucky spotted bass Micropterus punctulatus 195625
Louisiana White crappie
(fresh water)		 Pomoxis annularis 199326
Spotted sea trout
(salt water)		 Cynoscion nebulosus 200127
Maine Landlocked Atlantic salmon Salmo salar sebago 19692829
Maryland Rockfish
(striped bass)		 Morone saxatilis 196530
Megalodon Otodus megalodon 202631
Massachusetts Cod Gadus morhua 19743233
Michigan Brook trout Salvelinus fontinalis 198834
Minnesota Walleye Sander vitreus 196535
Mississippi Largemouth bass Micropterus salmoides 197436
Missouri Channel catfish
(fish)		 Ictalurus punctatus 199737
Paddlefish
(aquatic animal)		 Polyodon spathula 199738
Montana Blackspotted cutthroat trout Oncorhynchus clarkii (subspecies lewisi) 197739
Nebraska Channel catfish Ictalurus punctatus 199740
Nevada Lahontan cutthroat trout Oncorhynchus clarkii (subspecies henshawi) 19814142
New Hampshire Brook trout
(freshwater)		 Salvelinus fontinalis 199443
Striped bass
(salt water game fish)		 Morone saxatilis 199444
New Jersey Brook trout
(freshwater)		 Salvelinus fontinalis 19914546
Striped bass
(salt water game fish)		 Morone saxatilis 201747
New Mexico Rio Grande cutthroat trout Oncorhynchus clarkii (subspecies virginalis) 200548
New York Brook trout
(freshwater)		 Salvelinus fontinalis 197549
Striped bass
(marine/saltwater)		 Morone saxatilis 20065051
North Carolina Channel bass (saltwater) Sciaenops ocellatus 19715253
Southern Appalachian brook trout
(freshwater trout)		 Salvelinus fontinalis 200552
North Dakota Northern pike Esox lucius 19695455
Ohio None recognized56
Oklahoma White bass Morone chrysops 197457
Oregon Chinook salmon Oncorhynchus tshawytscha 196158
Pennsylvania Brook trout Salvelinus fontinalis 197059
Rhode Island Striped bass Morone saxatilis 200060
South Carolina Striped bass Morone saxatilis 197261
South Dakota Walleye Sander vitreus 199262
Tennessee Smallmouth bass
(sport fish)		 Micropterus dolomieu 200563
Channel catfish
(state commercial fish)		 Ictalurus punctatus 198763
Texas Guadalupe bass (freshwater) Micropterus treculii 198964
Red drum (saltwater) Sciaenops ocellatus 201164
Utah Bonneville cutthroat trout Oncorhynchus clarkii (subspecies utah) 199765
Vermont Brook trout
(cold water)		 Salvelinus fontinalis 1978 (2012)6667
Walleye
(warm water)		 Sander vitreus
Virginia Brook trout
(fresh water)		 Salvelinus fontinalis 201168
Striped bass
(salt water)		 Morone saxatilis
Washington Steelhead trout Oncorhynchus mykiss 196969
West Virginia Brook trout Salvelinus fontinalis 197370
Wisconsin Muskellunge Esox masquinongy 195571
Wyoming Cutthroat trout Oncorhynchus clarkii 198772
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