List of U.S. state fish
This is a list of official U.S. state fishes:
State | Common name | Scientific name | Image | Year |
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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
- List of U.S. state, district, and territorial insignia
- Lists of United States state symbols#Flora and fauna
Notes
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- ^ "The Alaska State Chamber of Commerce :: Student Guide :: State Symbols". Archived from the original on July 4, 2008.
- ^ ASLAPR – Museum Division Archived 2010-06-07 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Gov. Hutchinson signs bill making alligator gar state's official primitive fish". thv11.com. 25 March 2019.
- ^ a b "History and Culture - California State Symbols - California State Library". www.library.ca.gov.
- ^ Colorado Department of Personnel & Administration (DPA) Division of Information Technologies (DoIT)
- ^ "KIDS: State Fish". www.ct.gov.
- ^ "Delaware Code Online". delcode.delaware.gov.
- ^ "Fishing in the district". DOEE. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
- ^ Official state freshwater fish. The 2007 Florida Statutes: Title IV, Chapter 15.036.
- ^ Official state saltwater fish. The 2007 Florida Statutes: Title IV, Chapter 15.037
- ^ "Georgia State Symbols". Archived from the original on August 10, 2007.
- ^ "§ 50-3-82. Official cold water game fish", Official Code of Georgia Annotated, retrieved 2019-06-23
- ^ Diprima, Paul (Mar 17, 2007), "Georgia home to several kinds of trout", Rome News-Tribune, retrieved 2019-06-23
- ^ "§ 50-3-83. Official salt-water fish", Official Code of Georgia Annotated, retrieved 2019-06-23
- ^ Dickson, Terry (Aug 9, 2016), "Red drum will be on new Georgia license plate to enhance marine habitat", jacksonville.com, retrieved 2019-06-23
- ^ "HB1982 SD1". www.capitol.hawaii.gov.
- ^ "Governor C. L. "Butch" Otter - The State of Idaho - FYI Idaho State Symbols". Archived from the original on June 30, 2010.
- ^ "Education". www2.illinois.gov. Archived from the original on 2021-12-18. Retrieved 2021-02-26.
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- ^ "Kansas Symbols".
- ^ Moore, Katie (Mar 20, 2018). "Kansas one step closer to having a state fish". Topeka Capital Journal.
- ^ "Kentucky State Symbols – Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives". Archived from the original on December 13, 2006.
- ^ "Louisiana Secretary of State/LOUISIANA FACTS-PG.E". Archived from the original on 2007-08-23. Retrieved 2007-07-31.
- ^ "HB1692". legis.la.gov.
- ^ "Secretary of State Kid's Page". Archived from the original on 2008-10-29. Retrieved 2007-08-01.
- ^ "Title 1, §212: State fish". legislature.maine.gov.
- ^ "Rockfish (Striped Bass), Maryland State Fish". msa.maryland.gov.
- ^ "M.G.L. - Chapter 2, Section 13". Archived from the original on 2008-11-23. Retrieved 2006-04-15.
- ^ "State Symbols". Archived from the original on 2023-05-12.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-08-07. Retrieved 2007-08-01.
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- ^ "State Symbols of Missouri - Missouri Secretary of State". www.sos.mo.gov.
- ^ "State Symbols of Missouri - Missouri Secretary of State". www.sos.mo.gov.
- ^ "1-1-507. State fish", Montana Code Annotated 2017, retrieved 2019-06-28
- ^ "State Symbols". Archived from the original on 2007-08-13. Retrieved 2007-08-01.
- ^ "Nevada Facts". Archived from the original on 2015-05-05. Retrieved 2007-08-01.
- ^ "NRS: CHAPTER 235 - STATE SEAL, MOTTO AND SYMBOLS; GIFTS AND ENDOWMENTS". www.leg.state.nv.us.
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- ^ "New Hampshire Almanac | NH.gov". www.nh.gov.
- ^ "New Jersey State Fish".
- ^ Legislature, New Jersey (February 26, 1995). "Session Laws of New Jersey". hdl.handle.net. hdl:10929/50436.
- ^ Pugliese, Nicholas (August 7, 2017). "It's official: 'Garden State' is New Jersey's slogan". NorthJersey.com. USA Today. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
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- ^ "New York State Fish - Brook Trout: NYS Emblems: New York State Library". www.nysl.nysed.gov. Archived from the original on 2012-04-22. Retrieved 2007-08-01.
- ^ "New York State Emblems". Archived from the original on October 8, 2008.
- ^ "NYS Kids Room - State Symbols". www.dos.ny.gov. Archived from the original on 2020-11-25. Retrieved 2020-07-17.
- ^ a b "North Carolina Secretary of State". www.sosnc.gov.
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- ^ "Oklahoma Symbols | OHSkids!". www.okhistory.org.
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- ^ "Act of Mar. 9, 1970, P.L. 161, No. 61 Cl. 71 - MAKING THE BROOK TROUT THE STATE FISH". www.legis.state.pa.us.
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- ^ "About the State of South Dakota: South Dakota Secretary of State". sdsos.gov.
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- ^ No. 82. An act relating to the designation of brook trout and walleye pike as the state fish of Vermont (PDF), 2012, retrieved 2020-02-14
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References
- Netstate.com state fish tables
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