List of U.S. state fish facts for kids
This is a list of official and unofficial U.S. state fishes:
Contents
| State | Common name | Scientific name | Image | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | Largemouth bass (fresh water) |
Micropterus salmoides | _300_dpi.jpg) |
1975 |
| Fighting tarpon (salt water) |
Megalops atlanticus |  |
1955 | |
| Alaska | King salmon | Oncorhynchus tshawytscha |  |
1962 |
| Arizona | Apache trout | Oncorhynchus gilae (subspecies apache) | _(12435087154).jpg) |
1986 |
| Arkansas | Alligator gar (primitive) |
Atractosteus spatula |  |
2019 |
| California | Golden trout (fresh water) |
Oncorhynchus mykiss (subspecies aguabonita) |  |
1947 |
| Garibaldi (salt water) |
Hypsypops rubicundus |  |
1995 | |
| Colorado | Greenback cutthroat trout | Oncorhynchus clarkii (subspecies stomias) |  |
1994 |
| Connecticut | American shad | Alosa sapidissima |  |
2003 |
| Delaware | Weakfish | Cynoscion genus | .jpg) |
1981 |
| District of Columbia | American shad | Alosa sapidissima | |
|
| Florida | Florida largemouth bass (fresh water) |
Micropterus salmoides (subspecies floridanus) |
2007 | |
| Atlantic sailfish (salt water) |
Istiophorus albicans |  |
2007 | |
| Georgia | Largemouth bass | Micropterus salmoides |  |
1970 |
| Southern Appalachian brook trout (cold water game fish) |
Salvelinus fontinalis |  |
2006 | |
| Red drum (salt-water fish) |
Sciaenops ocellatus | .jpg) |
2006 | |
| Hawaii | Humuhumunukunukuāpuaʻa | Rhinecanthus rectangulus |  |
2006 |
| Idaho | Cutthroat trout | Oncorhynchus clarkii |  |
1990 |
| Illinois | Bluegill | Lepomis macrochirus |  |
1986 |
| Iowa | none recognized | |||
| Kansas | Channel catfish | Ictalurus punctatus |  |
2018 |
| Kentucky | Kentucky spotted bass | Micropterus punctulatus |  |
1956 |
| Louisiana | White crappie (fresh water) |
Pomoxis annularis |  |
1993 |
| Spotted sea trout (salt water) |
Cynoscion nebulosus |  |
2001 | |
| Maine | Landlocked Atlantic salmon | Salmo salar sebago |  |
1969 |
| Maryland | Rockfish (striped bass) |
Morone saxatilis |  |
1965 |
| Massachusetts | Cod | Gadus morhua |  |
1974 |
| Michigan | Brook trout | Salvelinus fontinalis |  |
1988 |
| Minnesota | Walleye | Sander vitreus |  |
1965 |
| Mississippi | Largemouth bass | Micropterus salmoides | |
1974 |
| Missouri | Channel catfish (fish) |
Ictalurus punctatus |  |
1997 |
| Paddlefish (aquatic animal) |
Polyodon spathula |  |
1997 | |
| Montana | Blackspotted cutthroat trout | Oncorhynchus clarkii (subspecies lewisi) |  |
1977 |
| Nebraska | Channel catfish | Ictalurus punctatus |  |
1997 |
| Nevada | Lahontan cutthroat trout | Oncorhynchus clarkii (subspecies henshawi) |  |
1981 |
| New Hampshire | Brook trout (freshwater) |
Salvelinus fontinalis | |
1994 |
| Striped bass (salt water game fish) |
Morone saxatilis | |
1994 | |
| New Jersey | Brook trout (freshwater) |
Salvelinus fontinalis | |
1991 |
| Striped bass (salt water game fish) |
Morone saxatilis | |
2017 | |
| New Mexico | Rio Grande cutthroat trout | Oncorhynchus clarkii (subspecies virginalis) |  |
2005 |
| New York | Brook trout (freshwater) |
Salvelinus fontinalis | |
1975 |
| Striped bass (marine/saltwater) |
Morone saxatilis | |
2006 | |
| North Carolina | Channel bass (saltwater) | Sciaenops ocellatus |  |
1971 |
| Southern Appalachian brook trout (freshwater trout) |
Salvelinus fontinalis |  |
2005 | |
| North Dakota | Northern pike | Esox lucius |  |
1969 |
| Ohio | None recognized | |||
| Oklahoma | White bass | Morone chrysops |  |
1974 |
| Oregon | Chinook salmon | Oncorhynchus tshawytscha | |
1961 |
| Pennsylvania | Brook trout | Salvelinus fontinalis | |
1970 |
| Rhode Island | Striped bass | Morone saxatilis | |
2000 |
| South Carolina | Striped bass | Morone saxatilis | |
1972 |
| South Dakota | Walleye | Sander vitreus | |
1992 |
| Tennessee | Smallmouth bass (sport fish) |
Micropterus dolomieu |  |
2005 |
| Channel catfish (state commercial fish) |
Ictalurus punctatus | |
1987 | |
| Texas | Guadalupe bass (freshwater) | Micropterus treculii |  |
1989 |
| Red drum (saltwater) | Sciaenops ocellatus | |
2011 | |
| Utah | Bonneville cutthroat trout | Oncorhynchus clarkii (subspecies utah) |  |
1997 |
| Vermont | Brook trout (cold water) |
Salvelinus fontinalis | |
1978 (2012) |
| Walleye (warm water) |
Sander vitreus | |
||
| Virginia | Brook trout (fresh water) |
Salvelinus fontinalis | |
2011 |
| Striped bass (salt water) |
Morone saxatilis |  |
||
| Washington | Steelhead trout | Oncorhynchus mykiss |  |
1969 |
| West Virginia | Brook trout | Salvelinus fontinalis | |
1973 |
| Wisconsin | Muskellunge | Esox masquinongy |  |
1955 |
| Wyoming | Cutthroat trout | Oncorhynchus clarkii | |
1987 |
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