This is a list of official and *unofficial U.S. state fish: The only states lacking a state fish as of 2008 are Arkansas, Indiana, Kansas, and Ohio.

State Fish Binomial
nomenclature		 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 Arizona trout Oncorhynchus gilae (subspecies apache) 1986[4]
California Golden trout
(fresh water)		 Oncorhynchus mykiss (subspecies aguabonita) 1947[5]
Garibaldi
(salt water)		 Hypsypops rubicundus 1995[6]
Colorado Greenback cutthroat trout Oncorhynchus clarki (subspecies stomias) 1994[7]
Connecticut American shad 2003[8]
Delaware Weakfish 1981[9]
Florida Florida largemouth bass
(fresh water)		 Micropterus salmoides
(subspecies floridanus)		 2007[10]
Atlantic sailfish
(salt water)		 Istiophorus albicans 2007[11]
Georgia Largemouth bass Micropterus salmoides 1970[12]
Hawaii Humu­humu­nuku­nuku­āpuaʻa Rhinecanthus rectangulus 2006[13]
Idaho Cutthroat trout 1990[14]
Illinois Bluegill 1986[15]
Iowa Channel catfish 2001[16]
Kentucky Kentucky spotted bass 1956[17]
Louisiana White crappie Pomoxis annularis 1993[18]
Maine Landlocked Atlantic salmon [19]
Maryland Rockfish 1965[20]
Massachusetts Cod [21]
Michigan Brook trout 1988[22]
Minnesota Walleye 1965[23]
Mississippi Largemouth bass Micropterus salmoides 1974[24]
Missouri Channel catfish
(fish)		 1997[25]
Paddlefish
(aquatic animal)		 1997[26]
Montana Blackspotted cutthroat trout 1977[27]
Nebraska Channel catfish 1997[28]
Nevada Lahontan cutthroat trout [29]
New Hampshire Brook trout
(freshwater)		 1994[30]
Striped bass
(salt water game fish)		 1994[31]
New Jersey Brook trout 1991[32]
New Mexico Cutthroat trout 2005[33]
New York Brook trout 1975[34]
Striped bass
(marine)		 [35]
North Carolina Channel Bass 1971[36]
Southern Appalachian brook trout
(freshwater trout)		 2005[36]
North Dakota Northern pike [37]
Ohio Walleye
Oklahoma White bass
Oregon Chinook Salmon
Pennsylvania Brook trout
Rhode Island Striped bass
South Carolina Striped bass 1972[38]
South Dakota Walleye
Tennessee Largemouth bass
(sport fish)		 Micropterus salmoides
Channel catfish
(state commercial fish)
Texas Guadalupe bass
Utah Bonneville cutthroat trout Oncorhynchus clarki utah 1997[39]
Vermont Brook trout
(cold water)
Walleye
(warm water)
Virginia Brook trout
Washington Steelhead trout [40]
West Virginia Brook trout
Wisconsin Muskellunge
Wyoming Cutthroat trout
This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Official Alabama Fresh Water Fish
  2. ^ Official Alabama Saltwater Fish
  3. ^ The Alaska State Chamber of Commerce :: Student Guide :: State Symbols
  4. ^ ASLAPR - Museum Division
  5. ^ California State Library - History and Culture - State Symbols
  6. ^ California State Library - History and Culture - State Symbols
  7. ^ Colorado Department of Personnel & Administration (DPA) Division of Information Technologies (DoIT)
  8. ^ KIDS: State Fish
  9. ^ Delaware Facts and Symbols - State Animals
  10. ^ Official state freshwater fish. The 2007 Florida Statutes: Title IV, Chapter 15.036.
  11. ^ Official state saltwater fish. The 2007 Florida Statutes: Title IV, Chapter 15.037
  12. ^ Georgia State Symbols
  13. ^ HB1982 SD1
  14. ^ Governor C. L. “Butch” Otter - The State of Idaho - FYI Idaho State Symbols
  15. ^ State Symbols
  16. ^ Senate Joint Resolution 2001. Iowa General Assembly.
  17. ^ Kentucky State Symbols - Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives
  18. ^ http://www.sos.louisiana.gov/around/facts/facts-E.htm
  19. ^ Secretary of State Kid's Page
  20. ^ Rockfish (Striped Bass), Maryland State Fish
  21. ^ M.G.L. - Chapter 2, Section 13
  22. ^ http://www.senate.michigan.gov/kidspage/trout.pdf
  23. ^ Minnesota Legislative Reference Library - Minnesota State Symbols
  24. ^ http://www.its.state.ms.us/et/portal/MSSymbols/symbols.htm
  25. ^ Office of the Secretary of State, Missouri
  26. ^ Office of the Secretary of State, Missouri
  27. ^ State Fish (Blackspotted Cutthroat Trout), montanakids.com (an official website of the State of Montana)
  28. ^ http://csd.unl.edu/general/statesymbols.asp
  29. ^ Nevada Facts
  30. ^ Section 3:20 State Freshwater Fish
  31. ^ NH.gov - New Hampshire Almanac - State Animal
  32. ^ New Jersey State Fish
  33. ^ http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/05%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0013.html
  34. ^ NY State Emblems - State Fish
  35. ^ New York State Emblems
  36. ^ a b North Carolina State Symbols
  37. ^ nd.gov: Official Portal for North Dakota State Government
  38. ^ "SC Statehouse Student's web page, State Symbols and Emblems". Retrieved on 2007-07-16.
  39. ^ Utah Symbols - Bonneville Cutthroat Trout from utah.gov "Pioneer - Utah's Online Library" page. Retrieved on 2008-03-25
  40. ^ "Symbols of Washington State". Washington State Legislature. Retrieved on 2007-03-11.

References

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