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	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			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	Humu­humu­nuku­nuku­„pua“a	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[36]
North Dakota	Northern pike			[37]
Ohio	Walleye
Oklahoma	White bass
Oregon	Chinook Salmon
Pennsylvania	Brook trout
Rhode Island	Striped bass
South Carolina	Striped bass			1972[38]
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[39]
Vermont	Brook trout (cold water)
	Walleye (warm water)
Virginia	Brook trout
Washington	Steelhead trout			[40]
West Virginia	Brook trout
Wisconsin	Muskellunge
Wyoming	Cutthroat trout

See also

• Lists of U.S. state insignia

Notes

References