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

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! State !! Common name !! Scientific name !! Image !! Year

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! rowspan=2 | Alabama

|| Largemouth bass <br /> (fresh water) || Micropterus salmoides ||200px|| 1975

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|| Fighting tarpon <br /> (salt water) || Megalops atlanticus || 200px || 1955

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! Alaska

|| King salmon ||Oncorhynchus tshawytscha || 200px || 1962

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! Arizona

|| Apache trout ||Oncorhynchus gilae (subspecies apache) || 200px || 1986

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! Arkansas

||Alligator gar<br />(primitive)

|Atractosteus spatula

|187x187px||2019

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! rowspan=2 | California

|| Golden trout <br /> (fresh water) || Oncorhynchus mykiss (subspecies aguabonita)|| 200px || 1947

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|| Garibaldi <br /> (salt water) ||Hypsypops rubicundus || 200px || 1995

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! Connecticut

|| American shad || Alosa sapidissima || 200px || 2003

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! Delaware

|| Weakfish || Cynoscion genus || 200px || 1981

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! District of Columbia

|| American shad || Alosa sapidissima || 200px|American Shad ||

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! rowspan=2 | Florida

|| Florida largemouth bass <br /> (fresh water) || Micropterus floridanus |||| 2007

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|| Atlantic sailfish <br />(salt water) || Istiophorus albicans || 200px || 2007

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! rowspan=3 | Georgia

|| Largemouth bass || Micropterus salmoides || 200px || 1970

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|| Southern Appalachian brook trout <br />(cold water game fish)|| Salvelinus fontinalis || 200px || 2006

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|| Red drum <br />(salt-water fish)|| Sciaenops ocellatus || 200px || |2006

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! Hawaii

|| Humuhumunukunukuāpuaʻa

(Reef triggerfish)

| Rhinecanthus rectangulus || 200px || 2006

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! Idaho

|| Cutthroat trout ||Oncorhynchus clarkii || 200px || 1990

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! Illinois

|| Bluegill || Lepomis macrochirus || 200px || 1986

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!Indiana

|none recognized

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! Iowa

|| none recognized || || ||

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! Kansas

|| Channel catfish ||Ictalurus punctatus|| 200px || 2018

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! Kentucky

|| Kentucky spotted bass || Micropterus punctulatus || 200px || 1956

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! rowspan=2 | Louisiana

|| White crappie <br />(fresh water)|| Pomoxis annularis || 200px || 1993

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|| Spotted sea trout <br />(salt water) || Cynoscion nebulosus || 200px || 2001

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! Maine

|| Landlocked Atlantic salmon || Salmo salar sebago || 200px || 1969

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! rowspan=2 | Maryland

|| Rockfish <br /> (striped bass) || Morone saxatilis || 200px || 1965

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|| Megalodon || Otodus megalodon || 200px || 2026

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! Massachusetts

|| Cod || Gadus morhua || 200px || 1974

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! Michigan

|| Brook trout || Salvelinus fontinalis || 200px || 1988

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! Minnesota

|| Walleye || Sander vitreus || 200px || 1965

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! Mississippi

|| Largemouth bass || Micropterus salmoides || 200px || 1974

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! rowspan=2 | Missouri

|| Channel catfish <br /> (fish) || Ictalurus punctatus || 200px || 1997

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|| Paddlefish <br /> (aquatic animal) || Polyodon spathula || 200px || 1997

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! Montana

|| Blackspotted cutthroat trout<!-- "blackspotted cutthroat trout" is the name that's o-FISH-ally in the bill. --> ||Oncorhynchus clarkii (subspecies lewisi) || 200px || 1977

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! Nebraska

|| Channel catfish || Ictalurus punctatus || 200px || 1997

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! Nevada

|| Lahontan cutthroat trout ||Oncorhynchus clarkii (subspecies henshawi) || 200px || 1981

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! rowspan=2 | New Hampshire

|| Brook trout <br /> (freshwater) || Salvelinus fontinalis || 200px || 1994

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|| Striped bass <br /> (salt water game fish) || Morone saxatilis || 200px || 1994

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! rowspan=2 | New Jersey

|| Brook trout <br /> (freshwater) || Salvelinus fontinalis || 200px || 1991<!-- approved 1992 -->

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|| Striped bass <br /> (salt water game fish) || Morone saxatilis || 200px || 2017

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! New Mexico

|| Rio Grande cutthroat trout ||Oncorhynchus clarkii (subspecies virginalis) || 200px || 2005

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! rowspan=2 | New York

|| Brook trout <br /> (freshwater) || Salvelinus fontinalis || 200px || 1975

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|| Striped bass <br /> (marine/saltwater) || Morone saxatilis || 200px || 2006

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! rowspan=2 | North Carolina

|| Channel bass (saltwater) || Sciaenops ocellatus || 200px || 1971

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|| Southern Appalachian brook trout <br /> (freshwater trout) || Salvelinus fontinalis || 200px || 2005

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! Ohio

|| None recognized || || ||

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! Oklahoma

|| White bass || Morone chrysops || 200px || 1974

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! Oregon

|| Chinook salmon || Oncorhynchus tshawytscha || 200px || 1961

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! Pennsylvania

|| Brook trout || Salvelinus fontinalis || 200px ||1970

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! Rhode Island

|| Striped bass || Morone saxatilis || 200px || 2000

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! South Carolina

|| Striped bass || Morone saxatilis || 200px || 1972

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! South Dakota

|| Walleye || Sander vitreus || 200px || 1992

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! rowspan=2 | Tennessee

|| Smallmouth bass <br /> (sport fish) || Micropterus dolomieu || 200px ||2005

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|| Channel catfish <br /> (state commercial fish) || Ictalurus punctatus || 200px || 1987

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|| Red drum (saltwater) || Sciaenops ocellatus || 200px || 2011

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! rowspan=2 | Vermont

|| Brook trout <br /> (cold water) || Salvelinus fontinalis || 200px || rowspan=2 | 1978 (2012)

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|| Walleye <br /> (warm water) || Sander vitreus || 200px

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! rowspan=2 | Virginia

|| Brook trout <br /> (fresh water) || Salvelinus fontinalis || 200px || rowspan=2 | 2011

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|| Striped bass <br /> (salt water) || Morone saxatilis || 200px

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! Washington

|| Steelhead trout ||Oncorhynchus mykiss || 200px || 1969

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! West Virginia

|| Brook trout || Salvelinus fontinalis || 200px || 1973

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! Wisconsin

|| Muskellunge || Esox masquinongy || 200px || 1955

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! Wyoming

|| Cutthroat trout ||Oncorhynchus clarkii || 200px || 1987

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See also

  • List of U.S. state, district, and territorial insignia
  • Lists of United States state symbols#Flora and fauna

Notes

References

  • Netstate.com state fish tables