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This is a list of official and *unofficial U.S. state fish: The only states lacking a state fish as of 2008 are Arkansas, Indiana, and Kansas.

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	Arizona trout	Oncorhynchus gilae (subspecies apache)		1986[4]
California	Golden trout (fresh water)	Oncorhynchus mykiss (subspecies aguabonita)		1947[5]
	Garibaldi (salt water)	Hypsypops rubicundus		1995[6]
Colorado	Greenback cutthroat trout	Oncorhynchus clarki (subspecies stomias)		1994[7]
Connecticut	American shad	Alosa sapidissima		2003[8]
Delaware	Weakfish	Cynoscion regalis		1981[9]
Florida	Florida largemouth bass (fresh water)	Micropterus salmoides (subspecies floridanus)		2007[10]
	Atlantic sailfish (salt water)	Istiophorus albicans		2007[11]
Georgia	Largemouth bass	Micropterus salmoides		1970[12]
Hawaii	Humuhumunukunukuāpuaʻa	Rhinecanthus rectangulus		2006[13]
Idaho	Cutthroat trout	Oncorhynchus clarki		1990[14]
Illinois	Bluegill	Lepomis macrochirus		1986[15]
Iowa	Channel catfish	Ictalurus punctatus		2001[16]
Kentucky	Kentucky spotted bass	Micropterus punctulatus		1956[17]
Louisiana	White crappie	Pomoxis annularis		1993[18]
Maine	Landlocked Atlantic salmon	Salmo salar		[19]
Maryland	Rockfish	Morone saxatilis		1965[20]
Massachusetts	Cod	Gadus morhua		[21]
Michigan	Brook trout	Salvelinus fontinalis		1988[22]
Minnesota	Walleye	Sander vitreus		1965[23]
Mississippi	Largemouth bass	Micropterus salmoides		1974[24]
Missouri	Channel catfish (fish)	Ictalurus punctatus		1997[25]
	Paddlefish (aquatic animal)	Polyodon spathula		1997[26]
Montana	Cutthroat trout	Oncorhynchus clarki		1977[27]
Nebraska	Channel catfish	Ictalurus punctatus		1997[28]
Nevada	Lahontan cutthroat trout	Oncorhynchus clarki (subspecies henshawi)		[29]
New Hampshire	Brook trout (freshwater)	Salvelinus fontinalis		1994[30]
	Striped bass (salt water game fish)	Morone saxatilis		1994[31]
New Jersey	Brook trout	Salvelinus fontinalis		1991[32]
New Mexico	Rio Grande cutthroat trout	Oncorhynchus clarki (subspecies virginalis)		2005[33]
New York	Brook trout	Salvelinus fontinalis		1975[34]
	Striped bass (marine)	Morone saxatilis		[35]
North Carolina	Channel Bass	Sciaenops ocellatus		1971[36]
	Southern Appalachian brook trout (freshwater trout)	Salvelinus fontinalis		2005[36]
North Dakota	Northern pike	Esox lucius		[37]
Ohio	Walleye	Sander vitreus
Oklahoma	White bass	Morone chrysops
Oregon	Chinook Salmon	Oncorhynchus tshawytscha
Pennsylvania	Brook trout	Salvelinus fontinalis
Rhode Island	Striped bass	Morone saxatilis
South Carolina	Striped bass	Morone saxatilis		1972[38]
South Dakota	Walleye	Sander vitreus
Tennessee	Largemouth bass (sport fish)	Micropterus salmoides
	Channel catfish (state commercial fish)	Ictalurus punctatus
Texas	Guadalupe bass	Micropterus treculii
Utah	Bonneville cutthroat trout	Oncorhynchus clarki (subspecies utah)		1997[39]
Vermont	Brook trout (cold water)	Salvelinus fontinalis
	Walleye (warm water)
Virginia	Brook trout	Salvelinus fontinalis
Washington	Steelhead trout	Oncorhynchus mykiss		[40]
West Virginia	Brook trout	Salvelinus fontinalis
Wisconsin	Muskellunge	Esox masquinongy		1955
Wyoming	Cutthroat trout	Oncorhynchus clarki

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See also

• Lists of U.S. state insignia

Notes

1. ^ Official Alabama Fresh Water Fish
2. ^ Official Alabama Saltwater Fish
3. ^ The Alaska State Chamber of Commerce :: Student Guide :: State Symbols
4. ^ ASLAPR - Museum Division
5. ^ California State Library - History and Culture - State Symbols
6. ^ California State Library - History and Culture - State Symbols
7. ^ Colorado Department of Personnel & Administration (DPA) Division of Information Technologies (DoIT)
8. ^ KIDS: State Fish
9. ^ Delaware Facts and Symbols - State Animals
10. ^ Official state freshwater fish. The 2007 Florida Statutes: Title IV, Chapter 15.036.
11. ^ Official state saltwater fish. The 2007 Florida Statutes: Title IV, Chapter 15.037
12. ^ Georgia State Symbols
13. ^ HB1982 SD1
14. ^ Governor C. L. “Butch” Otter - The State of Idaho - FYI Idaho State Symbols
15. ^ State Symbols
16. ^ Senate Joint Resolution 2001. Iowa General Assembly.
17. ^ Kentucky State Symbols - Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives
18. ^ http://www.sos.louisiana.gov/around/facts/facts-E.htm
19. ^ Secretary of State Kid's Page
20. ^ Rockfish (Striped Bass), Maryland State Fish
21. ^ M.G.L. - Chapter 2, Section 13
22. ^ http://www.senate.michigan.gov/kidspage/trout.pdf
23. ^ Minnesota Legislative Reference Library - Minnesota State Symbols
24. ^ http://www.its.state.ms.us/et/portal/MSSymbols/symbols.htm
25. ^ Office of the Secretary of State, Missouri
26. ^ Office of the Secretary of State, Missouri
27. ^ 1-1-507. State fish, Montana Code, accessed 23 April 2009.
28. ^ http://csd.unl.edu/general/statesymbols.asp
29. ^ Nevada Facts
30. ^ Section 3:20 State Freshwater Fish
31. ^ NH.gov - New Hampshire Almanac - State Animal
32. ^ New Jersey State Fish
33. ^ http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/05%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0013.html
34. ^ NY State Emblems - State Fish
35. ^ New York State Emblems
36. ^ ^{a b} North Carolina State Symbols
37. ^ nd.gov: Official Portal for North Dakota State Government
38. ^ "SC Statehouse Student's web page, State Symbols and Emblems". http://www.scstatehouse.net/studentpage/symbols.htm. Retrieved 2007-07-16.  
39. ^ Utah Symbols - Bonneville Cutthroat Trout from utah.gov "Pioneer - Utah's Online Library" page. Retrieved on 2008-03-25
40. ^ "Symbols of Washington State". Washington State Legislature. http://www1.leg.wa.gov/Legislature/StateSymbols/. Retrieved 2007-03-11.  

References

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