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This is a list of official and unofficial U.S. state fishes:
State | Fish |
Binomial nomenclature |
Image | Year |
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Alabama |
Largemouth bass (fresh water) |
Micropterus salmoides |
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1975 [1] |
Fighting tarpon (salt water) |
Megalops atlanticus |
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1955 [2] | |
Alaska | King salmon | Oncorhynchus tshawytscha |
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1962 [3] |
Arizona | Apache trout | Oncorhynchus gilae (subspecies apache) |
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1986 [4] |
Arkansas |
Alligator gar (primitive) |
Atractosteus spatula |
|
2019 [5] |
California |
Golden trout (fresh water) |
Oncorhynchus mykiss (subspecies aguabonita) |
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1947 [6] |
Garibaldi (salt water) |
Hypsypops rubicundus |
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1995 [6] | |
Colorado | Greenback cutthroat trout | Oncorhynchus clarkii (subspecies stomias) |
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1994 [7] |
Connecticut | American shad | Alosa sapidissima |
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2003 [8] |
Delaware | Weakfish | Cynoscion regalis |
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1981 [9] |
District of Columbia | American Shad | Alosa sapidissima |
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[10] |
Florida |
Florida largemouth bass (fresh water) |
Micropterus salmoides (subspecies floridanus) |
2007 [11] | |
Atlantic sailfish (salt water) |
Istiophorus albicans |
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2007 [12] | |
Georgia | Largemouth bass | Micropterus salmoides |
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1970 [13] |
Southern Appalachian
brook trout (cold water game fish) |
Salvelinus fontinalis |
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2006 [14] [15] | |
Red drum (salt-water fish) |
Sciaenops ocellatus |
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2006 [16] [17] | |
Hawaii | Humuhumunukunukuāpuaʻa | Rhinecanthus rectangulus |
|
2006 [18] |
Idaho | Cutthroat trout | Oncorhynchus clarkii |
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1990 [19] |
Illinois | Bluegill | Lepomis macrochirus |
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1986 [20] |
Iowa | none recognized | Pages 393-396 [21] | ||
Kansas | Channel catfish | Ictalurus punctatus |
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2018 [22] |
Kentucky | Kentucky spotted bass | Micropterus punctulatus |
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1956 [23] |
Louisiana |
White crappie (fresh water) |
Pomoxis annularis |
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1993 [24] |
Spotted sea trout (salt water) |
Cynoscion nebulosus |
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2001 [25] | |
Maine | Landlocked Atlantic salmon | Salmo salar sebago |
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1969 [26] [27] |
Maryland |
Rockfish (striped bass) |
Morone saxatilis |
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1965 [28] |
Massachusetts | Cod | Gadus morhua |
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1974 [29] [30] |
Michigan | Brook trout | Salvelinus fontinalis |
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1988 [31] |
Minnesota | Walleye | Sander vitreus |
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1965 [32] |
Mississippi | Largemouth bass | Micropterus salmoides |
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1974 [33] |
Missouri |
Channel catfish (fish) |
Ictalurus punctatus |
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1997 [34] |
Paddlefish (aquatic animal) |
Polyodon spathula |
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1997 [35] | |
Montana | Blackspotted cutthroat trout | Oncorhynchus clarkii (subspecies lewisi) |
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1977 [36] |
Nebraska | Channel catfish | Ictalurus punctatus |
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1997 [37] |
Nevada | Lahontan cutthroat trout | Oncorhynchus clarkii (subspecies henshawi) |
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1981 [38] [39] |
New Hampshire |
Brook trout (freshwater) |
Salvelinus fontinalis |
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1994 [40] |
Striped bass (salt water game fish) |
Morone saxatilis |
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1994 [41] | |
New Jersey |
Brook trout (freshwater) |
Salvelinus fontinalis |
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1991 [42] [43] |
Striped bass (salt water game fish) |
Morone saxatilis |
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2017 [44] | |
New Mexico | Rio Grande cutthroat trout | Oncorhynchus clarkii (subspecies virginalis) |
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2005 [45] |
New York |
Brook trout (freshwater) |
Salvelinus fontinalis |
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1975 [46] |
Striped bass (marine/saltwater) |
Morone saxatilis |
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2006 [47] [48] | |
North Carolina | Channel Bass (saltwater) | Sciaenops ocellatus |
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1971 [49] [50] |
Southern Appalachian brook trout (freshwater trout) |
Salvelinus fontinalis |
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2005 [49] | |
North Dakota | Northern pike | Esox lucius |
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1969 [51] [52] |
Ohio | None recognized [53] | |||
Oklahoma | White bass | Morone chrysops |
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1974 [54] |
Oregon | Chinook salmon | Oncorhynchus tshawytscha |
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1961 [55] |
Pennsylvania | Brook trout | Salvelinus fontinalis |
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1970 [56] |
Rhode Island | Striped bass | Morone saxatilis |
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2000 [57] |
South Carolina | Striped bass | Morone saxatilis |
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1972 [58] |
South Dakota | Walleye | Sander vitreus |
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1992 [59] |
Tennessee |
Smallmouth bass (sport fish) |
Micropterus dolomieu |
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2005 [60] |
Channel catfish (state commercial fish) |
Ictalurus punctatus |
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1987 [60] | |
Texas | Guadalupe bass (freshwater) | Micropterus treculii |
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1989 [61] |
Red drum (saltwater) | Sciaenops ocellatus |
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2011 [61] | |
Utah | Bonneville cutthroat trout | Oncorhynchus clarkii (subspecies utah) |
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1997 [62] |
Vermont |
Brook trout (cold water) |
Salvelinus fontinalis |
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1978 (2012) [63] [64] |
Walleye (warm water) |
Sander vitreus |
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Virginia |
Brook trout (fresh water) |
Salvelinus fontinalis |
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2011 [65] |
Striped bass (salt water) |
Morone saxatilis |
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Washington | Steelhead trout | Oncorhynchus mykiss |
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1969 [66] |
West Virginia | Brook trout | Salvelinus fontinalis |
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1973 [67] |
Wisconsin | Muskellunge | Esox masquinongy |
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1955 [68] |
Wyoming | Cutthroat trout | Oncorhynchus clarkii |
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1987 [69] |
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