List of U.S. state fish

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

StateCommon nameScientific nameImageYear
Alabama Largemouth bass
(fresh water)		Micropterus salmoides1975
Fighting tarpon
(salt water)		Megalops atlanticus1955
Alaska King salmonOncorhynchus tshawytscha1962
Arizona Apache troutOncorhynchus gilae (subspecies apache)1986
Arkansas Alligator gar
(primitive)		 Atractosteus spatula 2019
California Golden trout
(fresh water)		Oncorhynchus mykiss (subspecies aguabonita)1947
Garibaldi
(salt water)		Hypsypops rubicundus1995
Colorado Greenback cutthroat troutOncorhynchus clarkii (subspecies stomias)1994
Connecticut American shadAlosa sapidissima2003
Delaware WeakfishCynoscion regalis1981
District of Columbia American shadAlosa sapidissima
Florida Florida largemouth bass
(fresh water)		Micropterus salmoides
(subspecies floridanus)		2007
Atlantic sailfish
(salt water)		Istiophorus albicans2007
Georgia Largemouth bassMicropterus salmoides1970
Southern Appalachian brook trout
(cold water game fish)		Salvelinus fontinalis2006
Red drum
(salt-water fish)		Sciaenops ocellatus2006
Hawaii HumuhumunukunukuāpuaʻaRhinecanthus rectangulus2006
Idaho Cutthroat troutOncorhynchus clarkii1990
Illinois BluegillLepomis macrochirus1986
Iowa none recognized
Kansas Channel catfishIctalurus punctatus2018
Kentucky Kentucky spotted bassMicropterus punctulatus1956
Louisiana White crappie
(fresh water)		Pomoxis annularis1993
Spotted sea trout
(salt water)		Cynoscion nebulosus2001
Maine Landlocked Atlantic salmonSalmo salar sebago1969
Maryland Rockfish
(striped bass)		Morone saxatilis1965
Massachusetts CodGadus morhua1974
Michigan Brook troutSalvelinus fontinalis1988
Minnesota WalleyeSander vitreus1965
Mississippi Largemouth bassMicropterus salmoides1974
Missouri Channel catfish
(fish)		Ictalurus punctatus1997
Paddlefish
(aquatic animal)		Polyodon spathula1997
Montana Blackspotted cutthroat troutOncorhynchus clarkii (subspecies lewisi)1977
Nebraska Channel catfishIctalurus punctatus1997
Nevada Lahontan cutthroat troutOncorhynchus clarkii (subspecies henshawi)1981
New Hampshire Brook trout
(freshwater)		Salvelinus fontinalis1994
Striped bass
(salt water game fish)		Morone saxatilis1994
New Jersey Brook trout
(freshwater)		Salvelinus fontinalis1991
Striped bass
(salt water game fish)		Morone saxatilis2017
New Mexico Rio Grande cutthroat troutOncorhynchus clarkii (subspecies virginalis)2005
New York Brook trout
(freshwater)		Salvelinus fontinalis1975
Striped bass
(marine/saltwater)		Morone saxatilis2006
North Carolina Channel bass (saltwater)Sciaenops ocellatus1971
Southern Appalachian brook trout
(freshwater trout)		Salvelinus fontinalis2005
North Dakota Northern pikeEsox lucius1969
Ohio None recognized
Oklahoma White bassMorone chrysops1974
Oregon Chinook salmonOncorhynchus tshawytscha1961
Pennsylvania Brook troutSalvelinus fontinalis1970
Rhode Island Striped bassMorone saxatilis2000
South Carolina Striped bassMorone saxatilis1972
South Dakota WalleyeSander vitreus1992
Tennessee Smallmouth bass
(sport fish)		Micropterus dolomieu2005
Channel catfish
(state commercial fish)		Ictalurus punctatus1987
Texas Guadalupe bass (freshwater)Micropterus treculii1989
Red drum (saltwater)Sciaenops ocellatus2011
Utah Bonneville cutthroat troutOncorhynchus clarkii (subspecies utah)1997
Vermont Brook trout
(cold water)		Salvelinus fontinalis1978 (2012)
Walleye
(warm water)		Sander vitreus
Virginia Brook trout
(fresh water)		Salvelinus fontinalis2011
Striped bass
(salt water)		Morone saxatilis
Washington Steelhead troutOncorhynchus mykiss1969
West Virginia Brook troutSalvelinus fontinalis1973
Wisconsin MuskellungeEsox masquinongy1955
Wyoming Cutthroat troutOncorhynchus clarkii1987
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