List of U.S. state fish
Table
Table:
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

Apache trout
Oncorhynchus gilae (subspecies apache)

1986[4]

Arkansas

California

Golden trout
(fresh water)
Oncorhynchus mykiss (subspecies aguabonita)

1947[5]

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 regalis

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
Oncorhynchus clarkii

1990[14]

Illinois

Bluegill
Lepomis macrochirus

1986[15]

Indiana

?
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Iowa

Channel catfish
Ictalurus punctatus

2001[16]

Kansas

Channel catfish
Ictalurus punctatus

2018[17]

Kentucky

Kentucky spotted bass
Micropterus punctulatus

1956[18]

Louisiana

White crappie
Pomoxis annularis

1993[19]

Maine

Landlocked Atlantic salmon
Salmo salar sebago

[20]

Maryland

Rockfish
(striped bass)
Morone saxatilis

1965[21]

Massachusetts

Cod
Gadus morhua

[22]

Michigan

Brook trout
Salvelinus fontinalis

1988[23]

Minnesota

Walleye
Sander vitreus

1965[24]

Mississippi

Largemouth bass
Micropterus salmoides

1974[25]

Missouri

Channel catfish
(fish)
Ictalurus punctatus

1997[26]

Paddlefish
(aquatic animal)
Polyodon spathula

1997[27]

Montana

Cutthroat trout
Oncorhynchus clarkii

1977[28]

Nebraska

Channel catfish
Ictalurus punctatus

1997[29]

Nevada

Lahontan cutthroat trout
Oncorhynchus clarkii (subspecies henshawi)

[30]

New Hampshire

Brook trout
(freshwater)
Salvelinus fontinalis

1994[31]

Striped bass
(salt water game fish)
Morone saxatilis

1994[32]

New Jersey

Brook trout
(freshwater)
Salvelinus fontinalis

1991[33]

Striped bass
(salt water game fish)
Morone saxatilis

2017[34]

New Mexico

Rio Grande cutthroat trout
Oncorhynchus clarkii (subspecies virginalis)

2005[35]

New York

Brook trout
Salvelinus fontinalis

1975[36]

Striped bass
(marine)
Morone saxatilis

[37]

North Carolina

Channel Bass
Sciaenops ocellatus

1971[38]

Southern Appalachian brook trout
(freshwater trout)
Salvelinus fontinalis

2005[38]

North Dakota

Northern pike
Esox lucius

[39]

Ohio

None recognized[40]

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[41]

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[42]

Utah

Bonneville cutthroat trout
Oncorhynchus clarkii (subspecies utah)

1997[43]

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[44]

West Virginia

West Virginia golden brook trout
Salvelinus fontinalis

Wisconsin

Muskellunge
Esox masquinongy

1955[45]

Wyoming

Cutthroat trout
Oncorhynchus clarkii

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