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List of U.S. state fish

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

StateCommon nameScientific nameImageYear
Alabama Largemouth bass
(fresh water)		Micropterus salmoides1975[1]
Fighting tarpon
(salt water)		Megalops atlanticus1955[2]
Alaska King salmonOncorhynchus tshawytscha1962[3]
Arizona Apache troutOncorhynchus gilae (subspecies apache)1986[4]
Arkansas Alligator gar
(primitive)		 Atractosteus spatula 2019[5]
California Golden trout
(fresh water)		Oncorhynchus mykiss (subspecies aguabonita)1947[6]
Garibaldi
(salt water)		Hypsypops rubicundus1995[6]
Colorado Greenback cutthroat troutOncorhynchus clarkii (subspecies stomias)1994[7]
Connecticut American shadAlosa sapidissima2003[8]
Delaware WeakfishCynoscion genus1981[9]
District of Columbia American shadAlosa sapidissimaAmerican Shad[10]
Florida Florida largemouth bass
(fresh water)		Micropterus floridanus2007[11]
Atlantic sailfish
(salt water)		Istiophorus albicans2007[12]
Georgia Largemouth bassMicropterus salmoides1970[13]
Southern Appalachian brook trout
(cold water game fish)		Salvelinus fontinalis2006[14][15]
Red drum
(salt-water fish)		Sciaenops ocellatus2006[16][17]
Hawaii Humuhumunukunukuāpuaʻa

(Reef triggerfish)

 Rhinecanthus rectangulus2006[18]
Idaho Cutthroat troutOncorhynchus clarkii1990[19]
Illinois BluegillLepomis macrochirus1986[20]
Indiana none recognized [21]
Iowa none recognized[22]
Kansas Channel catfishIctalurus punctatus2018[23][24]
Kentucky Kentucky spotted bassMicropterus punctulatus1956[25]
Louisiana White crappie
(fresh water)		Pomoxis annularis1993[26]
Spotted sea trout
(salt water)		Cynoscion nebulosus2001[27]
Maine Landlocked Atlantic salmonSalmo salar sebago1969[28][29]
Maryland Rockfish
(striped bass)		Morone saxatilis1965[30]
MegalodonOtodus megalodon2026[31]
Massachusetts CodGadus morhua1974[32][33]
Michigan Brook troutSalvelinus fontinalis1988[34]
Minnesota WalleyeSander vitreus1965[35]
Mississippi Largemouth bassMicropterus salmoides1974[36]
Missouri Channel catfish
(fish)		Ictalurus punctatus1997[37]
Paddlefish
(aquatic animal)		Polyodon spathula1997[38]
Montana Blackspotted cutthroat troutOncorhynchus clarkii (subspecies lewisi)1977[39]
Nebraska Channel catfishIctalurus punctatus1997[40]
Nevada Lahontan cutthroat troutOncorhynchus clarkii (subspecies henshawi)1981[41][42]
New Hampshire Brook trout
(freshwater)		Salvelinus fontinalis1994[43]
Striped bass
(salt water game fish)		Morone saxatilis1994[44]
New Jersey Brook trout
(freshwater)		Salvelinus fontinalis1991[45][46]
Striped bass
(salt water game fish)		Morone saxatilis2017[47]
New Mexico Rio Grande cutthroat troutOncorhynchus clarkii (subspecies virginalis)2005[48]
New York Brook trout
(freshwater)		Salvelinus fontinalis1975[49]
Striped bass
(marine/saltwater)		Morone saxatilis2006[50][51]
North Carolina Channel bass (saltwater)Sciaenops ocellatus1971[52][53]
Southern Appalachian brook trout
(freshwater trout)		Salvelinus fontinalis2005[52]
North Dakota Northern pikeEsox lucius1969[54][55]
Ohio None recognized[56]
Oklahoma White bassMorone chrysops1974[57]
Oregon Chinook salmonOncorhynchus tshawytscha1961[58]
Pennsylvania Brook troutSalvelinus fontinalis1970[59]
Rhode Island Striped bassMorone saxatilis2000[60]
South Carolina Striped bassMorone saxatilis1972[61]
South Dakota WalleyeSander vitreus1992[62]
Tennessee Smallmouth bass
(sport fish)		Micropterus dolomieu2005[63]
Channel catfish
(state commercial fish)		Ictalurus punctatus1987[63]
Texas Guadalupe bass (freshwater)Micropterus treculii1989[64]
Red drum (saltwater)Sciaenops ocellatus2011[64]
Utah Bonneville cutthroat troutOncorhynchus clarkii (subspecies utah)1997[65]
Vermont Brook trout
(cold water)		Salvelinus fontinalis1978 (2012)[66][67]
Walleye
(warm water)		Sander vitreus
Virginia Brook trout
(fresh water)		Salvelinus fontinalis2011[68]
Striped bass
(salt water)		Morone saxatilis
Washington Steelhead troutOncorhynchus mykiss1969[69]
West Virginia Brook troutSalvelinus fontinalis1973[70]
Wisconsin MuskellungeEsox masquinongy1955[71]
Wyoming Cutthroat troutOncorhynchus clarkii1987[72]

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  1. ↑ "Alabama Department of Archives and History, Alabama Emblems: Official Freshwater Fish". archives.alabama.gov. Archived from the original on February 16, 2021. Retrieved February 26, 2021.
  2. ↑ "Alabama Department of Archives and History, Alabama Emblems: Official Saltwater Fish". archives.alabama.gov. Archived from the original on March 4, 2021. Retrieved February 26, 2021.
  3. ↑ "The Alaska State Chamber of Commerce :: Student Guide :: State Symbols". Archived from the original on July 4, 2008.
  4. ↑ ASLAPR – Museum Division Archived 2010-06-07 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ↑ "Gov. Hutchinson signs bill making alligator gar state's official primitive fish". thv11.com. March 25, 2019.
  6. 1 2 "History and Culture - California State Symbols - California State Library". www.library.ca.gov.
  7. ↑ Colorado Department of Personnel & Administration (DPA) Division of Information Technologies (DoIT)
  8. ↑ "KIDS: State Fish". www.ct.gov. Archived from the original on June 5, 2009.
  9. ↑ "Delaware Code Online". delcode.delaware.gov.
  10. ↑ "Fishing in the district". DOEE. Retrieved September 13, 2020.
  11. ↑ Official state freshwater fish. The 2007 Florida Statutes: Title IV, Chapter 15.036.
  12. ↑ Official state saltwater fish. The 2007 Florida Statutes: Title IV, Chapter 15.037
  13. ↑ "Georgia State Symbols". Archived from the original on August 10, 2007.
  14. ↑ "§ 50-3-82. Official cold water game fish", Official Code of Georgia Annotated, retrieved June 23, 2019
  15. ↑ Diprima, Paul (March 17, 2007), "Georgia home to several kinds of trout", Rome News-Tribune, retrieved June 23, 2019
  16. ↑ "§ 50-3-83. Official salt-water fish", Official Code of Georgia Annotated, retrieved June 23, 2019
  17. ↑ Dickson, Terry (August 9, 2016), "Red drum will be on new Georgia license plate to enhance marine habitat", jacksonville.com, retrieved June 23, 2019
  18. ↑ "HB1982 SD1". www.capitol.hawaii.gov.
  19. ↑ "Governor C. L. "Butch" Otter - The State of Idaho - FYI Idaho State Symbols". Archived from the original on June 30, 2010.
  20. ↑ "Education". www2.illinois.gov. Archived from the original on December 18, 2021. Retrieved February 26, 2021.
  21. ↑ "Emblems & Symbols". Indiana Historical Bureau. Retrieved December 10, 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  22. ↑ "Iowa Official Register IOWA PROFILE Chapter 8" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on May 31, 2022.
  23. ↑ "Kansas Symbols".
  24. ↑ Moore, Katie (March 20, 2018). "Kansas one step closer to having a state fish". Topeka Capital Journal.
  25. ↑ "Kentucky State Symbols – Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives". Archived from the original on December 13, 2006.
  26. ↑ "Louisiana Secretary of State/LOUISIANA FACTS-PG.E". Archived from the original on August 23, 2007. Retrieved July 31, 2007.
  27. ↑ "HB1692". legis.la.gov.
  28. ↑ "Secretary of State Kid's Page". Archived from the original on October 29, 2008. Retrieved August 1, 2007.
  29. ↑ "Title 1, §212: State fish". legislature.maine.gov.
  30. ↑ "Rockfish (Striped Bass), Maryland State Fish". msa.maryland.gov.
  31. ↑ Ford, William J. (May 13, 2026). "'No Kings Act,' 'Mason's Law' among more than 200 bills signed into law". Maryland Matters. Retrieved May 22, 2026.
  32. ↑ "M.G.L. - Chapter 2, Section 13". Archived from the original on November 23, 2008. Retrieved April 15, 2006.
  33. ↑ "State Symbols". Archived from the original on May 12, 2023.
  34. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on August 7, 2007. Retrieved August 1, 2007.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  35. ↑ "Minnesota Legislative Reference Library - Minnesota State Symbols". www.leg.mn.gov.
  36. ↑ "State symbols". Archived from the original on October 10, 2007. Retrieved May 9, 2008.
  37. ↑ "State Symbols of Missouri - Missouri Secretary of State". www.sos.mo.gov.
  38. ↑ "State Symbols of Missouri - Missouri Secretary of State". www.sos.mo.gov.
  39. ↑ "1-1-507. State fish", Montana Code Annotated 2017, retrieved June 28, 2019
  40. ↑ "State Symbols". Archived from the original on August 13, 2007. Retrieved August 1, 2007.
  41. ↑ "Nevada Facts". Archived from the original on May 5, 2015. Retrieved August 1, 2007.
  42. ↑ "NRS: CHAPTER 235 - STATE SEAL, MOTTO AND SYMBOLS; GIFTS AND ENDOWMENTS". www.leg.state.nv.us.
  43. ↑ "Section 3:20 State Freshwater Fish". www.gencourt.state.nh.us.
  44. ↑ "New Hampshire Almanac | NH.gov". www.nh.gov.
  45. ↑ "New Jersey State Fish".
  46. ↑ Legislature, New Jersey (February 26, 1995). "Session Laws of New Jersey". hdl.handle.net. hdl:10929/50436.
  47. ↑ Pugliese, Nicholas (August 7, 2017). "It's official: 'Garden State' is New Jersey's slogan". NorthJersey.com. USA Today. Retrieved August 8, 2017.
  48. ↑ "2005 Senate Bill text for SB0013".
  49. ↑ "New York State Fish - Brook Trout: NYS Emblems: New York State Library". www.nysl.nysed.gov. Archived from the original on April 22, 2012. Retrieved August 1, 2007.
  50. ↑ "New York State Emblems". Archived from the original on October 8, 2008.
  51. ↑ "NYS Kids Room - State Symbols". www.dos.ny.gov. Archived from the original on November 25, 2020. Retrieved July 17, 2020.
  52. 1 2 "North Carolina Secretary of State". www.sosnc.gov.
  53. ↑ "North Carolina State Salt Water Fish, Channel Bass | NCpedia". ncpedia.org.
  54. ↑ "nd.gov: Official Portal for North Dakota State Government". Archived from the original on August 15, 2014. Retrieved August 1, 2007.
  55. ↑ "Northern Pike | North Dakota Studies". www.ndstudies.gov. Archived from the original on October 24, 2020. Retrieved July 17, 2020.
  56. ↑ "Ohio Secretary of State, Symbols of Ohio". Ohio Secretary of State. Archived from the original on January 22, 2016. Retrieved January 14, 2016.
  57. ↑ "Oklahoma Symbols | OHSkids!". www.okhistory.org.
  58. ↑ "Chapter 186".
  59. ↑ "Act of Mar. 9, 1970, P.L. 161, No. 61 Cl. 71 - MAKING THE BROOK TROUT THE STATE FISH". www.legis.state.pa.us.
  60. ↑ "RIGOV". www.ri.gov.
  61. ↑ "SC Statehouse Student's web page, State Symbols and Emblems". South Carolina General Assembly. Archived from the original on June 22, 2007. Retrieved July 16, 2007.
  62. ↑ "About the State of South Dakota: South Dakota Secretary of State". sdsos.gov.
  63. 1 2 State Symbols, Tennessee State Government, retrieved May 8, 2019
  64. 1 2 "Texas State Symbols - Texas State Library and Archives Commission | TSLAC". www.tsl.texas.gov.
  65. ↑ Utah Symbols - Bonneville Cutthroat Trout Archived 2008-03-14 at the Wayback Machine from utah.gov "Pioneer - Utah's Online Library" page. Retrieved on 2008-03-25
  66. ↑ "§ 501. State Fish", The Vermont Statutes Online Title 1 : General Provisions Chapter 011 : Flag, Insignia, Seal, Etc., Vermont General Assembly, retrieved February 14, 2020
  67. ↑ No. 82. An act relating to the designation of brook trout and walleye pike as the state fish of Vermont (PDF), 2012, retrieved February 14, 2020
  68. ↑ "Bill Tracking - 2011 session > Legislation". lis.virginia.gov.
  69. ↑ "Symbols of Washington State". Washington State Legislature. Archived from the original on March 5, 2007. Retrieved March 11, 2007.
  70. ↑ "Section Eleven Departmental, Statistical & General Information" (PDF).
  71. ↑ "Wisc. Stat. § 1.10(3)(g)". State of Wisconsin. Retrieved August 3, 2014.
  72. ↑ "Wyoming Facts and Symbols - State of Wyoming". www.wyo.gov.

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