List of U.S. state fish
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List of U.S. state fish

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State	Fish	Binomial nomenclature	Image	Year

Alabama	Largemouth bass (fresh water)	Micropterus salmoides	-	1975

Fighting tarpon (salt water)	Megalops atlanticus	-	1955

Alaska	King salmon	Oncorhynchus tshawytscha	-	1962

Arizona	Apache trout	Oncorhynchus gilae (subspecies apache)	-	1986

Arkansas	Alligator gar (primitive)	Atractosteus spatula	Alligator Gar 10.JPG	2019

California	Golden trout (fresh water)	Oncorhynchus mykiss (subspecies aguabonita)	-	1947

Garibaldi (salt water)	Hypsypops rubicundus	-	1995

Colorado	Greenback cutthroat trout	Oncorhynchus clarkii (subspecies stomias)	-	1994

Connecticut	American shad	Alosa sapidissima	-	2003

Delaware	Weakfish	Cynoscion regalis	-	1981

Florida	Florida largemouth bass (fresh water)	Micropterus salmoides (subspecies floridanus)	2007

Atlantic sailfish (salt water)	Istiophorus albicans	-	2007

Georgia	Largemouth bass	Micropterus salmoides	-	1970

Hawaii	Humuhumunukunukuāpuaʻa	Rhinecanthus rectangulus	Reef Triggerfish 1.JPG	2006

Idaho	Cutthroat trout	Oncorhynchus clarkii	-	1990

Illinois	Bluegill	Lepomis macrochirus	Lepomis macrochirus UMFS 2014 2.JPG	1986

Indiana	?	?	?

Iowa	Channel catfish	Ictalurus punctatus	-	2001

Kansas	Channel catfish	Ictalurus punctatus	2018

Kentucky	Kentucky spotted bass	Micropterus punctulatus	-	1956

Louisiana	White crappie	Pomoxis annularis	-	1993

Maine	Landlocked Atlantic salmon	Salmo salar sebago	-

Maryland	Rockfish (striped bass)	Morone saxatilis	-	1965

Massachusetts	Cod	Gadus morhua	-

Michigan	Brook trout	Salvelinus fontinalis	-	1988

Minnesota	Walleye	Sander vitreus	-	1965

Mississippi	Largemouth bass	Micropterus salmoides	1974

Missouri	Channel catfish (fish)	Ictalurus punctatus	-	1997

Paddlefish (aquatic animal)	Polyodon spathula	-	1997

Montana	Cutthroat trout	Oncorhynchus clarkii	-	1977

Nebraska	Channel catfish	Ictalurus punctatus	-	1997

Nevada	Lahontan cutthroat trout	Oncorhynchus clarkii (subspecies henshawi)	-

New Hampshire	Brook trout (freshwater)	Salvelinus fontinalis	-	1994

Striped bass (salt water game fish)	Morone saxatilis	-	1994

New Jersey	Brook trout (freshwater)	Salvelinus fontinalis	-	1991

Striped bass (salt water game fish)	Morone saxatilis	-	2017

New Mexico	Rio Grande cutthroat trout	Oncorhynchus clarkii (subspecies virginalis)	-	2005

New York	Brook trout	Salvelinus fontinalis	-	1975

Striped bass (marine)	Morone saxatilis	-

North Carolina	Channel Bass	Sciaenops ocellatus	-	1971

Southern Appalachian brook trout (freshwater trout)	Salvelinus fontinalis	-	2005

North Dakota	Northern pike	Esox lucius	-

Ohio	None recognized

Oklahoma	White bass	Morone chrysops	-

Oregon	Chinook salmon	Oncorhynchus tshawytscha	-	1961

Pennsylvania	Brook trout	Salvelinus fontinalis	-	1970

Rhode Island	Striped bass	Morone saxatilis	-

South Carolina	Striped bass	Morone saxatilis	-	1972

South Dakota	Walleye	Sander vitreus	-

Tennessee	Largemouth bass (sport fish)	Micropterus salmoides

Channel catfish (state commercial fish)	Ictalurus punctatus	-

Texas	Guadalupe bass	Micropterus treculii	-	1989

Utah	Bonneville cutthroat trout	Oncorhynchus clarkii (subspecies utah)	-	1997

Vermont	Brook trout (cold water)	Salvelinus fontinalis	-

Walleye (warm water)	Sander vitreus	-

Virginia	Brook trout (fresh water)	Salvelinus fontinalis	-

Striped bass (salt water)	Morone saxatilis	-

Washington	Steelhead trout	Oncorhynchus mykiss	-	1969

West Virginia	West Virginia golden brook trout	Salvelinus fontinalis	-

Wisconsin	Muskellunge	Esox masquinongy	-	1955

Wyoming	Cutthroat trout	Oncorhynchus clarkii	-

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The bluegill is the state fish of Illinois.

final_sentence: The bluegill is the state fish of Illinois.