List of U.S. state fish

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

State	Common name	Scientific name	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	Alligator gar (primitive)	Atractosteus spatula		2019[5]
California	Golden trout (fresh water)	Oncorhynchus mykiss (subspecies aguabonita)		1947[6]
	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 genus		1981[9]
District of Columbia	American shad	Alosa sapidissima		[10]
Florida	Florida largemouth bass (fresh water)	Micropterus floridanus		2007[11]
	Atlantic sailfish (salt water)	Istiophorus albicans		2007[12]
Georgia	Largemouth bass	Micropterus salmoides		1970[13]
	Southern Appalachian brook trout (cold water game fish)	Salvelinus fontinalis		2006[14][15]
	Red drum (salt-water fish)	Sciaenops ocellatus		2006[16][17]
Hawaii	Humuhumunukunukuāpuaʻa	Rhinecanthus rectangulus		2006[18]
Idaho	Cutthroat trout	Oncorhynchus clarkii		1990[19]
Illinois	Bluegill	Lepomis macrochirus		1986[20]
Iowa	none recognized			[21]
Kansas	Channel catfish	Ictalurus punctatus		2018[22][23]
Kentucky	Kentucky spotted bass	Micropterus punctulatus		1956[24]
Louisiana	White crappie (fresh water)	Pomoxis annularis		1993[25]
	Spotted sea trout (salt water)	Cynoscion nebulosus		2001[26]
Maine	Landlocked Atlantic salmon	Salmo salar sebago		1969[27][28]
Maryland	Rockfish (striped bass)	Morone saxatilis		1965[29]
Massachusetts	Cod	Gadus morhua		1974[30][31]
Michigan	Brook trout	Salvelinus fontinalis		1988[32]
Minnesota	Walleye	Sander vitreus		1965[33]
Mississippi	Largemouth bass	Micropterus salmoides		1974[34]
Missouri	Channel catfish (fish)	Ictalurus punctatus		1997[35]
	Paddlefish (aquatic animal)	Polyodon spathula		1997[36]
Montana	Blackspotted cutthroat trout	Oncorhynchus clarkii (subspecies lewisi)		1977[37]
Nebraska	Channel catfish	Ictalurus punctatus		1997[38]
Nevada	Lahontan cutthroat trout	Oncorhynchus clarkii (subspecies henshawi)		1981[39][40]
New Hampshire	Brook trout (freshwater)	Salvelinus fontinalis		1994[41]
	Striped bass (salt water game fish)	Morone saxatilis		1994[42]
New Jersey	Brook trout (freshwater)	Salvelinus fontinalis		1991[43][44]
	Striped bass (salt water game fish)	Morone saxatilis		2017[45]
New Mexico	Rio Grande cutthroat trout	Oncorhynchus clarkii (subspecies virginalis)		2005[46]
New York	Brook trout (freshwater)	Salvelinus fontinalis		1975[47]
	Striped bass (marine/saltwater)	Morone saxatilis		2006[48][49]
North Carolina	Channel bass (saltwater)	Sciaenops ocellatus		1971[50][51]
	Southern Appalachian brook trout (freshwater trout)	Salvelinus fontinalis		2005[50]
North Dakota	Northern pike	Esox lucius		1969[52][53]
Ohio	None recognized[54]
Oklahoma	White bass	Morone chrysops		1974[55]
Oregon	Chinook salmon	Oncorhynchus tshawytscha		1961[56]
Pennsylvania	Brook trout	Salvelinus fontinalis		1970[57]
Rhode Island	Striped bass	Morone saxatilis		2000[58]
South Carolina	Striped bass	Morone saxatilis		1972[59]
South Dakota	Walleye	Sander vitreus		1992[60]
Tennessee	Smallmouth bass (sport fish)	Micropterus dolomieu		2005[61]
	Channel catfish (state commercial fish)	Ictalurus punctatus		1987[61]
Texas	Guadalupe bass (freshwater)	Micropterus treculii		1989[62]
	Red drum (saltwater)	Sciaenops ocellatus		2011[62]
Utah	Bonneville cutthroat trout	Oncorhynchus clarkii (subspecies utah)		1997[63]
Vermont	Brook trout (cold water)	Salvelinus fontinalis		1978 (2012)[64][65]
	Walleye (warm water)	Sander vitreus
Virginia	Brook trout (fresh water)	Salvelinus fontinalis		2011[66]
	Striped bass (salt water)	Morone saxatilis
Washington	Steelhead trout	Oncorhynchus mykiss		1969[67]
West Virginia	Brook trout	Salvelinus fontinalis		1973[68]
Wisconsin	Muskellunge	Esox masquinongy		1955[69]
Wyoming	Cutthroat trout	Oncorhynchus clarkii		1987[70]