List of U.S. state fish

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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, Kansas, and Ohio.

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 1962[3]
Arizona Arizona trout 1986[4]
California Golden trout
(fresh water)		 1947[5]
Garibaldi
(salt water)		 1995[6]
Colorado Greenback cutthroat trout 1994[7]
Connecticut American shad 2003[8]
Delaware Weakfish 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 1990[14]
Illinois Bluegill 1986[15]
Iowa Channel catfish 2001[16]
Kentucky Kentucky spotted bass 1956[17]
Louisiana White crappie Pomoxis annularis 1993[18]
Maine Landlocked Atlantic salmon [19]
Maryland Rockfish 1965[20]
Massachusetts Cod [21]
Michigan Brook trout 1988[22]
Minnesota Walleye 1965[23]
Mississippi Largemouth bass Micropterus salmoides 1974[24]
Missouri Channel catfish
(fish)		 1997[25]
Paddlefish
(aquatic animal)		 1997[26]
Montana Blackspotted cutthroat trout 1977[27]
Nebraska Channel catfish 1997[28]
Nevada Lahontan cutthroat trout [29]
New Hampshire Brook trout
(freshwater)		 1994[30]
Striped bass
(salt water game fish)		 1994[31]
New Jersey Brook trout 1991[32]
New Mexico Cutthroat trout 2005[33]
New York Brook trout 1975[34]
Striped bass
(marine)		 [35]
North Carolina Channel Bass 1971[36]
Southern Appalachian brook trout
(freshwater trout)		 2005[37]
North Dakota Northern pike [38]
Ohio Walleye
Oklahoma White bass
Oregon Chinook salmon
Pennsylvania Brook trout
Rhode Island Striped bass
South Carolina Striped bass 1972[39]
South Dakota Walleye
Tennessee Largemouth bass
(sport fish)		 Micropterus salmoides
Channel catfish
(state commercial fish)
Texas Guadalupe bass
Utah Bonneville cutthroat trout Oncorhynchus clarki utah 1997[40]
Vermont Brook trout
(cold water)
Walleye
(warm water)
Virginia Brook trout
Washington Steelhead trout [41]
West Virginia Brook trout
Wisconsin Muskellunge
Wyoming Cutthroat trout
This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.

[edit] See also

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ http://www.archives.state.al.us/emblems/st_ffish.html
  2. ^ http://www.archives.state.al.us/emblems/st_sfish.html
  3. ^ http://www.alaskachamber.com/artman/publish/ssymbols.html
  4. ^ http://www.lib.az.us/museum/symbols.cfm
  5. ^ http://www.library.ca.gov/history/symbols.html#Heading6
  6. ^ http://www.library.ca.gov/history/symbols.html#Heading21
  7. ^ http://www.colorado.gov/dpa/doit/archives/history/symbemb.htm#Fish
  8. ^ http://www.ct.gov/kids/cwp/view.asp?a=2731&q=314170
  9. ^ http://portal.delaware.gov/delfacts/animal.shtml
  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. ^ http://www.legis.state.ga.us/legis/2005_06/house/kids/elemsymbols.htm
  13. ^ http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2006/bills/HB1982_sd1_.htm
  14. ^ http://gov.idaho.gov/fyi/symbols/symbols_index.html
  15. ^ http://www.state.il.us/kids/learn/symbols/
  16. ^ Senate Joint Resolution 2001. Iowa General Assembly.
  17. ^ http://www.kdla.ky.gov/resources/KYSymbols.htm
  18. ^ http://www.sos.louisiana.gov/around/facts/facts-E.htm
  19. ^ http://www.maine.gov/sos/kids/allabout/symbols/fish.htm
  20. ^ http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/01glance/html/symbols/fish.html
  21. ^ http://www.mass.gov/legis/laws/mgl/2-13.htm
  22. ^ http://www.senate.michigan.gov/kidspage/trout.pdf
  23. ^ http://www.leg.state.mn.us/leg/symbols.asp#fish
  24. ^ http://www.its.state.ms.us/et/portal/MSSymbols/symbols.htm
  25. ^ http://www.sos.mo.gov/symbols/symbols.asp?symbol=fish
  26. ^ http://www.sos.mo.gov/symbols/symbols.asp?symbol=aquatic
  27. ^ State Fish (Blackspotted Cutthroat Trout), montanakids.com (an official website of the State of Montana)
  28. ^ http://csd.unl.edu/general/statesymbols.asp
  29. ^ http://www.leg.state.nv.us/general/FACTS.cfm
  30. ^ http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/rsa/html/I/3/3-20.htm
  31. ^ http://www.nh.gov/nhinfo/animal.html
  32. ^ http://www.state.nj.us/njfacts/fish.htm
  33. ^ http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/05%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0013.html
  34. ^ http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/emblems/fish.htm
  35. ^ http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/emblems/bevfmsi.htm
  36. ^ http://www.secretary.state.nc.us/kidspg/symbols.htm
  37. ^ http://www.secretary.state.nc.us/kidspg/symbols.htm
  38. ^ http://www.nd.gov/content.htm?parentCatID=75&id=State%20Fish
  39. ^ SC Statehouse Student's web page, State Symbols and Emblems. Retrieved on 2007-07-16.
  40. ^ Utah Symbols - Bonneville Cutthroat Trout from utah.gov "Pioneer - Utah's Online Library" page. Retrieved on 2008-03-25
  41. ^ Symbols of Washington State. Washington State Legislature. Retrieved on 2007-03-11.

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