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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 Hawaii[1], Arkansas, Indiana, Kansas, and Ohio.

State Fish Binomial
nomenclature		 Image Year
Alabama Largemouth bass
(fresh water)		 Micropterus salmoides 1975[2]
Fighting tarpon
(salt water)		 Megalops atlanticus 1955[3]
Alaska King salmon Oncorhynchus tshawytscha 1962[4]
Arizona Arizona trout Oncorhynchus gilae (subspecies apache) 1986[5]
California Golden trout
(fresh water)		 Oncorhynchus mykiss (subspecies aguabonita) 1947[6]
Garibaldi
(salt water)		 Hypsypops rubicundus 1995[7]
Colorado Greenback cutthroat trout Oncorhynchus clarki (subspecies stomias) 1994[8]
Connecticut American shad 2003[9]
Delaware Weakfish 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]
Hawaii Humu­humu­nuku­nuku­āpuaʻa Rhinecanthus rectangulus 2006[14]
Idaho Cutthroat trout Oncorhynchus clarki 1990[15]
Illinois Bluegill 1986[16]
Iowa Channel catfish 2001[17]
Kentucky Kentucky spotted bass 1956[18]
Louisiana White crappie Pomoxis annularis 1993[19]
Maine Landlocked Atlantic salmon [20]
Maryland Rockfish 1965[21]
Massachusetts Cod [22]
Michigan Brook trout 1988[23]
Minnesota Walleye 1965[24]
Mississippi Largemouth bass Micropterus salmoides 1974[25]
Missouri Channel catfish
(fish)		 1997[26]
Paddlefish
(aquatic animal)		 1997[27]
Montana Westslope cutthroat trout Oncorhynchus clarki (subspecies lewisi) 1977[28]
Nebraska Channel catfish 1997[29]
Nevada Lahontan cutthroat trout Oncorhynchus clarki (subspecies henshawi) [30]
New Hampshire Brook trout
(freshwater)		 1994[31]
Striped bass
(salt water game fish)		 1994[32]
New Jersey Brook trout 1991[33]
New Mexico Rio Grande cutthroat trout Oncorhynchus clarki (subspecies virginalis) 2005[34]
New York Brook trout 1975[35]
Striped bass
(marine)		 [36]
North Carolina Channel Bass 1971[37]
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 (subspecies utah) 1997[40]
Vermont Brook trout
(cold water)
Walleye
(warm water)
Virginia Brook trout
Washington Steelhead trout Oncorhynchus mykiss [41]
West Virginia Brook trout
Wisconsin Muskellunge
Wyoming Cutthroat trout Oncorhynchus clarki
This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.

[edit] See also

[edit] Notes

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

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