List of U.S. state fish

This is a list of U.S. state fishes:
Table
 State  Fish  Binomial  nomenclature  Image  Year Alabama  Largemouth bass  (fresh water)  Micropterus salmoides 200px 1975 Fighting tarpon  (salt water)  Megalops atlanticus  200px  1955 Alaska King salmon Oncorhynchus tshawytscha  200px  1962 Arizona Apache trout Oncorhynchus gilae (subspecies apache)  200px  1986ASLAPR - Museum Division  ArkansasAlligator gar(primitive)Atractosteus spatula187x187px2019 California Golden trout  (fresh water)  Oncorhynchus mykiss (subspecies aguabonita) 200px  1947 Garibaldi  (salt water) Hypsypops rubicundus  200px  1995 Colorado Greenback cutthroat trout Oncorhynchus clarkii (subspecies stomias)  200px  1994 Connecticut American shad  Alosa sapidissima  200px  2003 Delaware Weakfish  Cynoscion regalis  200px  1981 District of Columbia  American Shad  Alosa sapidissima  200px|American Shad   Florida Florida largemouth bass  (fresh water)  Micropterus salmoides (subspecies floridanus)  2007Official state freshwater fish. The 2007 Florida Statutes: Title IV, Chapter 15.036. Atlantic sailfish (salt water)  Istiophorus albicans  200px  2007Official state saltwater fish.  The 2007 Florida Statutes: Title IV, Chapter 15.037 Georgia Largemouth bass  Micropterus salmoides  200px  1970 Southern Appalachian brook trout (cold water game fish) Salvelinus fontinalis  200px  2006 Red drum (salt-water fish) Sciaenops ocellatus  200px 2006 Hawaii   Humuhumunukunukuāpuaʻa  Rhinecanthus rectangulus  200px  2006 Idaho Cutthroat trout Oncorhynchus clarkii  200px  1990Governor C. L. "Butch" Otter - The State of Idaho - FYI Idaho State Symbols  Illinois Bluegill  Lepomis macrochirus  200px  1986 Indiana None recognized      Iowa Channel catfish  Ictalurus punctatus  200px  2001Senate Joint Resolution 2001 . Iowa General Assembly. Kansas Channel catfish Ictalurus punctatus 200px  2018https://www.kshs.org/kansapedia/kansas-symbols/17169 and "Kansas one step closer to having a state fish" Topeka Capital Journal. Katie Moore, Mar 20, 2018 https://www.cjonline.com/news/20180320/kansas-one-step-closer-to-having-state-fish Kentucky Kentucky spotted bass  Micropterus punctulatus  200px  1956Kentucky State Symbols - Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives  Louisiana White crappie (fresh water) Pomoxis annularis  200px  1993 Spotted sea trout (salt water)  Cynoscion nebulosus  200px  2001 Maine Landlocked Atlantic salmon  Salmo salar sebago  200px  1969 Maryland Rockfish  (striped bass)  Morone saxatilis  200px  1965 Massachusetts Cod  Gadus morhua  200px  1974https://www.sec.state.ma.us/cis/cismaf/mf1a.htm Michigan Brook trout  Salvelinus fontinalis  200px  1988 Minnesota Walleye  Sander vitreus  200px  1965 Mississippi Largemouth bass  Micropterus salmoides  200px  1974 Missouri Channel catfish  (fish)  Ictalurus punctatus  200px  1997 Paddlefish  (aquatic animal)  Polyodon spathula  200px  1997 Montana Blackspotted cutthroat trout Oncorhynchus clarkii (subspecies lewisi)  200px  1977 Nebraska Channel catfish  Ictalurus punctatus  200px  1997 Nevada Lahontan cutthroat trout Oncorhynchus clarkii (subspecies henshawi)   200px  1981 New Hampshire Brook trout  (freshwater)  Salvelinus fontinalis  200px  1994 Striped bass  (salt water game fish)  Morone saxatilis  200px  1994 New Jersey Brook trout  (freshwater)  Salvelinus fontinalis  200px  1991 Striped bass  (salt water game fish)  Morone saxatilis  200px  2017 New Mexico Rio Grande cutthroat trout Oncorhynchus clarkii (subspecies virginalis)   200px  2005 New York Brook trout  (freshwater)  Salvelinus fontinalis  200px  1975 Striped bass  (marine/saltwater)  Morone saxatilis  200px  2006 North Carolina Channel Bass (saltwater)  Sciaenops ocellatus  200px  1971 Southern Appalachian brook trout  (freshwater trout)  Salvelinus fontinalis  200px  2005 North Dakota Northern pike  Esox lucius  200px  1969 Ohio None recognized      Oklahoma White bass  Morone chrysops  200px  1974 Oregon Chinook salmon  Oncorhynchus tshawytscha  200px  1961https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors186.html Pennsylvania Brook trout  Salvelinus fontinalis  200px 1970 Rhode Island Striped bass  Morone saxatilis  200px  2000 South Carolina Striped bass  Morone saxatilis  200px  1972 South Dakota Walleye  Sander vitreus  200px  1992 Tennessee Smallmouth bass  (sport fish)  Micropterus dolomieu  200px 2005 Channel catfish  (state commercial fish)  Ictalurus punctatus  200px  1987 Texas Guadalupe bass (freshwater)  Micropterus treculii  200px  1989 Red drum (saltwater)  Sciaenops ocellatus  200px  2011 Utah Bonneville cutthroat trout Oncorhynchus clarkii (subspecies utah)  200px  1997Utah Symbols - Bonneville Cutthroat Trout  from utah.gov "Pioneer - Utah's Online Library" page. Retrieved on 2008-03-25 Vermont Brook trout  (cold water)  Salvelinus fontinalis  200px  1978 (2012) Walleye  (warm water)  Sander vitreus  200px Virginia Brook trout  (fresh water)  Salvelinus fontinalis  200px  2011 Striped bass  (salt water)  Morone saxatilis    Washington Steelhead trout Oncorhynchus mykiss  200px   1969 West Virginia Brook trout  Salvelinus fontinalis  200px  1973http://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/2016/BlueBook/1043_WVS_BlueBook.pdf Wisconsin Muskellunge  Esox masquinongy  200px  1955 Wyomin Cutthroat trout Oncorhynchus clarkii  200px  1987

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