List of U.S. state fish

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This is a list of official and *unofficial U.S. state fish:

State	Fish	Year & Citation
Alabama	Largemouth bass (fresh water) (Micropterus salmoides)	1975.[1]
Alabama	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]
California	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 floridanus)	2007.[10]
Florida	Atlantic sailfish (salt water) (Istiophorus platypterus)	2007.[11]
Georgia	Largemouth bass	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	1974.[24]
Missouri	Channel catfish (fish)	1997.[25]
Missouri	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]
New Hampshire	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]
New York	Striped bass (marine)	[35]
North Carolina	Channel Bass	1971.[36]
	Southern Appalachian brook trout (freshwater trout)	2005.[37]
North Dakota	Northern pike	[38]
Oklahoma	White bass
Oregon	Chinook salmon
Pennsylvania	Brook trout
Rhode Island	Striped bass
South Carolina	Striped bass	1972^[1]
South Dakota	Walleye
Tennessee	Largemouth bass (sport fish)
Tennessee	Channel catfish (state commercial fish)
Texas	Guadalupe bass
Utah	Bonneville cutthroat trout
Vermont	Brook trout (cold water)
Vermont	Walleye (warm water)
Virginia	Brook trout
Washington	Steelhead trout	^[2]
West Virginia	Brook trout
Wisconsin	Muskellunge
Wyoming	Cutthroat trout