List of U.S. state fish
This is a list of official and unofficial U.S. state fishes:
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 | Alligator gar (primitive) |
Atractosteus spatula | 2019[5] | |
California | Golden trout (fresh water) | Oncorhynchus mykiss (subspecies aguabonita) | 1947[6] | |
Garibaldi (salt water) | Hypsypops rubicundus | 1995[7] | ||
Colorado | Greenback cutthroat trout | Oncorhynchus clarkii (subspecies stomias) | 1994[8] | |
Connecticut | American shad | Alosa sapidissima | 2003[9] | |
Delaware | Weakfish | Cynoscion regalis | 1981[10] | |
Florida | Florida largemouth bass (fresh water) | Micropterus salmoides (subspecies 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] | |
Indiana | None recognized[21] | |||
Iowa | Channel catfish | Ictalurus punctatus | 2001[22] | |
Kansas | Channel catfish | Ictalurus punctatus | 2018[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[63] | ||
Utah | Bonneville cutthroat trout | Oncorhynchus clarkii (subspecies utah) | 1997[64] | |
Vermont | Brook trout (cold water) | Salvelinus fontinalis | 1978 (2012)[65][66] | |
Walleye (warm water) | Sander vitreus | |||
Virginia | Brook trout (fresh water) | Salvelinus fontinalis | 2011[67] | |
Striped bass (salt water) | Morone saxatilis | |||
Washington | Steelhead trout | Oncorhynchus mykiss | 1969[68] | |
West Virginia | Brook trout | Salvelinus fontinalis | 1973[69] | |
Wisconsin | Muskellunge | Esox masquinongy | 1955[70] | |
Wyoming | Cutthroat trout | Oncorhynchus clarkii | 1987[71] |
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See also
- Lists of U.S. state insignia
- Lists of U.S. state animals
Notes
- Official Alabama Fresh Water Fish
- Official Alabama Saltwater Fish
- The Alaska State Chamber of Commerce :: Student Guide :: State Symbols Archived 2008-07-04 at the Wayback Machine
- ASLAPR - Museum Division Archived 2010-06-07 at the Wayback Machine
- THV11 - Gov. Hutchinson signs bill making alligator gar state's official primitive fish
- California State Library - History and Culture - State Symbols
- California State Library - History and Culture - State Symbols
- Colorado Department of Personnel & Administration (DPA) Division of Information Technologies (DoIT)
- KIDS: State Fish
- Delaware Facts and Symbols - State Animals
- Official state freshwater fish. The 2007 Florida Statutes: Title IV, Chapter 15.036.
- Official state saltwater fish. The 2007 Florida Statutes: Title IV, Chapter 15.037
- Georgia State Symbols Archived 2007-08-10 at the Wayback Machine
- "§ 50-3-82. Official cold water game fish", Official Code of Georgia Annotated, retrieved 2019-06-23
- Diprima, Paul (Mar 17, 2007), "Georgia home to several kinds of trout", Rome News-Tribune, retrieved 2019-06-23
- "§ 50-3-83. Official salt-water fish", Official Code of Georgia Annotated, retrieved 2019-06-23
- Dickson, Terry (Aug 9, 2016), "Red drum will be on new Georgia license plate to enhance marine habitat", jacksonville.com, retrieved 2019-06-23
- HB1982 SD1
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- https://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
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- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-08-23. Retrieved 2007-07-31.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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- Secretary of State Kid's Page
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- M.G.L. - Chapter 2, Section 13
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- "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-08-07. Retrieved 2007-08-01.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-10-10. Retrieved 2008-05-09.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-08-13. Retrieved 2007-08-01.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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- http://hdl.handle.net/10929/50436
- Pugliese, Nicholas (August 7, 2017). "It's official: 'Garden State' is New Jersey's slogan". NorthJersey.com. USA Today. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
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- https://ncpedia.org/symbols/saltwaterfish
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- https://www.okhistory.org/kids/symbols
- https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors186.html
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- https://www.ri.gov/facts/factsfigures.php
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