List of U.S. state fish

{{Short description|None}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}} This is a '''list of official U.S. state fishes''': __TOC__ {{clear}}

{| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! State !! Common name !! Scientific name !! Image !! Year |- ! rowspan=2 | Alabama || Largemouth bass (fresh water) || ''Micropterus salmoides'' ||200px|| 1975<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archives.alabama.gov/emblems/st_ffish.html|title=Alabama Department of Archives and History, Alabama Emblems: Official Freshwater Fish|website=archives.alabama.gov|access-date=2021-02-26|archive-date=2021-02-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210216192702/https://archives.alabama.gov/emblems/st_ffish.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> |- || Fighting tarpon (salt water) || ''Megalops atlanticus'' || 200px || 1955<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archives.alabama.gov/emblems/st_sfish.html|title=Alabama Department of Archives and History, Alabama Emblems: Official Saltwater Fish|website=archives.alabama.gov|access-date=2021-02-26|archive-date=2021-03-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210304221518/https://archives.alabama.gov/emblems/st_sfish.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> |- ! Alaska || King salmon ||''Oncorhynchus tshawytscha'' || 200px || 1962<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.alaskachamber.com/artman/publish/ssymbols.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080704053450/http://www.alaskachamber.com/artman/publish/ssymbols.html|url-status=dead|title=The Alaska State Chamber of Commerce :: Student Guide :: State Symbols|archivedate=July 4, 2008}}</ref> |- ! Arizona || Apache trout ||''Oncorhynchus gilae'' (subspecies ''apache'') || 200px || 1986<ref>[http://www.lib.az.us/museum/symbols.cfm ASLAPR – Museum Division] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100607092126/http://www.azlibrary.gov/museum/symbols.aspx |date=2010-06-07 }}</ref> |- ! Arkansas ||Alligator gar (primitive) |''Atractosteus spatula'' |187x187px||2019<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thv11.com/article/news/gov-hutchinson-signs-bill-making-alligator-gar-states-official-primitive-fish/91-eb2fde8d-b925-4c72-80bf-530112a25f12|title=Gov. Hutchinson signs bill making alligator gar state's official primitive fish|website=thv11.com|date=25 March 2019}}</ref> |- ! rowspan=2 | California || Golden trout (fresh water) || ''Oncorhynchus mykiss'' (subspecies ''aguabonita'')|| 200px || 1947<ref name="library.ca.gov">{{cite web|url=https://www.library.ca.gov/california-history/state-symbols/|title=History and Culture - California State Symbols - California State Library|website=www.library.ca.gov}}</ref> |- || Garibaldi (salt water) ||''Hypsypops rubicundus'' || 200px || 1995<ref name="library.ca.gov"/> |- ! Colorado || Greenback cutthroat trout ||''Oncorhynchus clarkii'' (subspecies ''stomias'') || 200px || 1994<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20030814083930/http://www.colorado.gov/dpa/doit/archives/history/symbemb.htm#Fish Colorado Department of Personnel & Administration (DPA) Division of Information Technologies (DoIT)]</ref> |- ! Connecticut || American shad || ''Alosa sapidissima'' || 200px || 2003<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ct.gov/kids/cwp/view.asp?a=2731&q=314170|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090605055231/http://www.ct.gov/kids/cwp/view.asp?a=2731&q=314170|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 5, 2009|title=KIDS: State Fish|website=www.ct.gov}}</ref> |- ! Delaware || Weakfish || ''Cynoscion'' genus || 200px || 1981<ref>{{cite web|url=https://delcode.delaware.gov/title29/c003/index.html|title=Delaware Code Online|website=delcode.delaware.gov}}</ref> |- ! District of Columbia || American shad || ''Alosa sapidissima'' || 200px|American Shad || <ref>{{cite web |title=Fishing in the district |url=https://doee.dc.gov/service/fishdc |website=DOEE |access-date=13 September 2020}}</ref> |- ! rowspan=2 | Florida || Florida largemouth bass (fresh water) || ''Micropterus floridanus'' |||| 2007<ref>[http://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&Search_String=&URL=Ch0015/SEC036.HTM&Title=-%3E2006-%3ECh0015-%3ESection%20036#0015.036 Official state freshwater fish.] The 2007 Florida Statutes: Title IV, Chapter 15.036.</ref> |- || Atlantic sailfish (salt water) || ''Istiophorus albicans'' || 200px || 2007<ref>[http://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&Search_String=&URL=Ch0015/SEC037.HTM&Title=-%3E2006-%3ECh0015-%3ESection%20037#0015.037 Official state saltwater fish.] The 2007 Florida Statutes: Title IV, Chapter 15.037</ref> |- ! rowspan=3 | Georgia || Largemouth bass || ''Micropterus salmoides'' || 200px || 1970<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legis.state.ga.us/legis/2005_06/house/kids/elemsymbols.htm|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070810153516/http://www.legis.state.ga.us/legis/2005_06/house/kids/elemsymbols.htm|url-status=dead|title=Georgia State Symbols|archivedate=August 10, 2007}}</ref> |- || Southern Appalachian brook trout (cold water game fish)|| ''Salvelinus fontinalis'' || 200px || 2006<ref>{{citation |title= § 50-3-82. Official cold water game fish |work= Official Code of Georgia Annotated |url= https://law.justia.com/codes/georgia/2017/title-50/chapter-3/article-3/section-50-3-82/ |access-date= 2019-06-23}}</ref><ref>{{citation |title= Georgia home to several kinds of trout |last= Diprima |first= Paul |date= Mar 17, 2007 |work= Rome News-Tribune |url= http://www.northwestgeorgianews.com/georgia-home-to-several-kinds-of-trou-sport/article_cf5d021c-5b66-5141-af19-9232ff6882d0.html |access-date= 2019-06-23}}</ref> |- || Red drum (salt-water fish)|| ''Sciaenops ocellatus'' || 200px || |2006<ref>{{citation |title= § 50-3-83. Official salt-water fish |work= Official Code of Georgia Annotated |url= https://law.justia.com/codes/georgia/2017/title-50/chapter-3/article-3/section-50-3-83/ |access-date= 2019-06-23}}</ref><ref>{{citation |title= Red drum will be on new Georgia license plate to enhance marine habitat |last= Dickson |first= Terry |date= Aug 9, 2016 |work= jacksonville.com |url= https://www.jacksonville.com/news/georgia/2016-08-09/story/red-drum-will-be-new-georgia-license-plate-enhance-marine-habitat |access-date= 2019-06-23}}</ref> |- ! Hawaii || Humuhumunukunukuāpuaʻa (Reef triggerfish) | ''Rhinecanthus rectangulus'' || 200px || 2006<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2006/bills/HB1982_sd1_.htm|title=HB1982 SD1|website=www.capitol.hawaii.gov}}</ref> |- ! Idaho || Cutthroat trout ||''Oncorhynchus clarkii'' || 200px || 1990<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://gov.idaho.gov/fyi/symbols/symbols_index.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100630201842/http://gov.idaho.gov/fyi/symbols/symbols_index.html|url-status=dead|title=Governor C. L. "Butch" Otter - The State of Idaho - FYI Idaho State Symbols|archivedate=June 30, 2010}}</ref> |- ! Illinois || Bluegill || ''Lepomis macrochirus'' || 200px || 1986<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.illinois.gov/dnr/education/Pages/ILStateSymbols.aspx|title=Education|website=www2.illinois.gov|access-date=2021-02-26|archive-date=2021-12-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211218160555/https://www2.illinois.gov/dnr/education/Pages/ILStateSymbols.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref> |- !Indiana |none recognized | | |<ref>{{Cite web |title=Emblems & Symbols |url=https://www.in.gov/history/about-indiana-history-and-trivia/emblems-and-symbols/ |url-status=live |access-date=December 10, 2025 |website=Indiana Historical Bureau}}</ref> |- ! Iowa || none recognized || || || <ref>{{cite web|archive-date=2022-05-31|url=https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/RDBKI/1286541.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220531111412/https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/RDBKI/1286541.pdf|title=Iowa Official Register IOWA PROFILE Chapter 8}}</ref> |- ! Kansas || Channel catfish ||''Ictalurus punctatus''|| 200px || 2018<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kshs.org/kansapedia/kansas-symbols/17169|title=Kansas Symbols}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Kansas one step closer to having a state fish|publisher=Topeka Capital Journal|first=Katie |last=Moore|date=Mar 20, 2018 |url=https://www.cjonline.com/news/20180320/kansas-one-step-closer-to-having-state-fish}}</ref> |- ! Kentucky || Kentucky spotted bass || ''Micropterus punctulatus'' || 200px || 1956<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.kdla.ky.gov/resources/KYSymbols.htm|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061213232500/http://www.kdla.ky.gov/resources/KYSymbols.htm|url-status=dead|title=Kentucky State Symbols – Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives|archivedate=December 13, 2006}}</ref> |- ! rowspan=2 | Louisiana || White crappie (fresh water)|| ''Pomoxis annularis'' || 200px || 1993<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sos.louisiana.gov/around/facts/facts-E.htm |title=Louisiana Secretary of State/LOUISIANA FACTS-PG.E |access-date=2007-07-31 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070823150634/http://www.sos.louisiana.gov/around/facts/facts-E.htm |archive-date=2007-08-23 }}</ref> |- || Spotted sea trout (salt water) || ''Cynoscion nebulosus'' || 200px || 2001<ref>{{cite web|url=https://legis.la.gov/legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=44241|title=HB1692|website=legis.la.gov}}</ref> |- ! Maine || Landlocked Atlantic salmon || ''Salmo salar sebago'' || 200px || 1969<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.maine.gov/sos/kids/allabout/symbols/fish.htm|title=Secretary of State Kid's Page|access-date=2007-08-01|archive-date=2008-10-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081029230135/http://maine.gov/sos/kids/allabout/symbols/fish.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/1/title1sec212.html|title=Title 1, §212: State fish|website=legislature.maine.gov}}</ref> |- ! rowspan=2 | Maryland || Rockfish (striped bass) || ''Morone saxatilis'' || 200px || 1965<ref>{{cite web|url=https://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdmanual/01glance/html/symbols/fish.html|title=Rockfish (Striped Bass), Maryland State Fish|website=msa.maryland.gov}}</ref> |- || Megalodon || ''Otodus megalodon'' || 200px || 2026<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ford |first1=William J. |title=‘No Kings Act,’ 'Mason’s Law' among more than 200 bills signed into law |url=https://marylandmatters.org/2026/05/13/no-kings-act-masons-law-among-more-than-200-bills-signed-into-law/ |access-date=May 22, 2026 |work=Maryland Matters |date=May 13, 2026}}</ref> |- ! Massachusetts || Cod || ''Gadus morhua'' || 200px || 1974<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mass.gov/legis/laws/mgl/2-13.htm|title=M.G.L. - Chapter 2, Section 13|access-date=2006-04-15|archive-date=2008-11-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081123053547/http://www.mass.gov/legis/laws/mgl/2-13.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sec.state.ma.us/cis/cismaf/mf1a.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512224454/https://www.sec.state.ma.us/cis/cismaf/mf1a.htm|archive-date=2023-05-12|title=State Symbols}}</ref> |- ! Michigan || Brook trout || ''Salvelinus fontinalis'' || 200px || 1988<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.senate.michigan.gov/kidspage/trout.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2007-08-01 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070807105056/http://senate.michigan.gov/kidspage/trout.pdf |archive-date=2007-08-07 }}</ref> |- ! Minnesota || Walleye || ''Sander vitreus'' || 200px || 1965<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.leg.mn.gov/leg/symbols|title=Minnesota Legislative Reference Library - Minnesota State Symbols|website=www.leg.mn.gov}}</ref> |- ! Mississippi || Largemouth bass || ''Micropterus salmoides'' || 200px || 1974<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.its.state.ms.us/et/portal/MSSymbols/symbols.htm |title=State symbols |access-date=2008-05-09 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071010064445/http://www.its.state.ms.us/et/portal/MSSymbols/symbols.htm |archive-date=2007-10-10 }}</ref> |- ! rowspan=2 | Missouri || Channel catfish (fish) || ''Ictalurus punctatus'' || 200px || 1997<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sos.mo.gov/symbols/symbols.asp?symbol=fish|title=State Symbols of Missouri - Missouri Secretary of State|website=www.sos.mo.gov}}</ref> |- || Paddlefish (aquatic animal) || ''Polyodon spathula'' || 200px || 1997<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sos.mo.gov/symbols/symbols.asp?symbol=aquatic|title=State Symbols of Missouri - Missouri Secretary of State|website=www.sos.mo.gov}}</ref> |- ! Montana || Blackspotted cutthroat trout ||''Oncorhynchus clarkii'' (subspecies ''lewisi'') || 200px || 1977<ref>{{citation |title= 1-1-507. State fish |work= Montana Code Annotated 2017 |url= https://leg.mt.gov/bills/mca/title_0010/chapter_0010/part_0050/section_0070/0010-0010-0050-0070.html |access-date= 2019-06-28}}</ref> |- ! Nebraska || Channel catfish || ''Ictalurus punctatus'' || 200px || 1997<ref>{{cite web |url=http://csd.unl.edu/general/statesymbols.asp |title=State Symbols |access-date=2007-08-01 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070813092235/http://csd.unl.edu/general/statesymbols.asp |archive-date=2007-08-13 }}</ref> |- ! Nevada || Lahontan cutthroat trout ||''Oncorhynchus clarkii'' (subspecies ''henshawi'') || 200px || 1981<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.leg.state.nv.us/general/FACTS.cfm |title=Nevada Facts |access-date=2007-08-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150505090241/http://www.leg.state.nv.us/General/Facts.cfm |archive-date=2015-05-05 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.leg.state.nv.us/NRS/NRS-235.html#NRS235Sec075|title=NRS: CHAPTER 235 - STATE SEAL, MOTTO AND SYMBOLS; GIFTS AND ENDOWMENTS|website=www.leg.state.nv.us}}</ref> |- ! rowspan=2 | New Hampshire || Brook trout (freshwater) || ''Salvelinus fontinalis'' || 200px || 1994<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/rsa/html/I/3/3-20.htm|title=Section 3:20 State Freshwater Fish.|website=www.gencourt.state.nh.us}}</ref> |- || Striped bass (salt water game fish) || ''Morone saxatilis'' || 200px || 1994<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nh.gov/almanac/|title=New Hampshire Almanac | NH.gov|website=www.nh.gov}}</ref> |- ! rowspan=2 | New Jersey || Brook trout (freshwater) || ''Salvelinus fontinalis'' || 200px || 1991<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.state.nj.us/njfacts/fish.htm|title=New Jersey State Fish}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|url=http://hdl.handle.net/10929/50436|title=Session Laws of New Jersey|first=New Jersey|last=Legislature|date=February 26, 1995|website=hdl.handle.net|hdl=10929/50436}}</ref> |- || Striped bass (salt water game fish) || ''Morone saxatilis'' || 200px || 2017<ref>{{cite news|last1=Pugliese|first1=Nicholas|title=It's official: 'Garden State' is New Jersey's slogan|url=http://www.northjersey.com/story/news/new-jersey/2017/08/07/long-last-new-jersey-garden-state/545709001/|access-date=8 August 2017|agency=USA Today|publisher=NorthJersey.com|date=August 7, 2017}}</ref> |- ! New Mexico || Rio Grande cutthroat trout ||''Oncorhynchus clarkii'' (subspecies ''virginalis'') || 200px || 2005<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/05%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0013.html|title=2005 Senate Bill text for SB0013}}</ref> |- ! rowspan=2 | New York || Brook trout (freshwater) || ''Salvelinus fontinalis'' || 200px || 1975<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/emblems/fish.htm|title=New York State Fish - Brook Trout: NYS Emblems: New York State Library|website=www.nysl.nysed.gov|access-date=2007-08-01|archive-date=2012-04-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120422002109/http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/emblems/fish.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> |- || Striped bass (marine/saltwater) || ''Morone saxatilis'' || 200px || 2006<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/emblems/bevfmsi.htm|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081008013833/http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/emblems/bevfmsi.htm|url-status=dead|title=New York State Emblems|archivedate=October 8, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dos.ny.gov/kids_room/508/symbols2.html|title=NYS Kids Room - State Symbols|website=www.dos.ny.gov|access-date=2020-07-17|archive-date=2020-11-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201125185519/https://www.dos.ny.gov/kids_room/508/symbols2.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> |- ! rowspan=2 | North Carolina || Channel bass (saltwater) || ''Sciaenops ocellatus'' || 200px || 1971<ref name=autogenerated1>{{cite web|url=https://www.sosnc.gov/kidspg/symbols.htm|title=North Carolina Secretary of State|website=www.sosnc.gov}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://ncpedia.org/symbols/saltwaterfish|title=North Carolina State Salt Water Fish, Channel Bass | NCpedia|website=ncpedia.org}}</ref> |- || Southern Appalachian brook trout (freshwater trout) || ''Salvelinus fontinalis'' || 200px || 2005<ref name=autogenerated1 /> |- ! North Dakota || Northern pike || ''Esox lucius'' || 200px || 1969<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nd.gov/content.htm?parentCatID=75&id=State%20Fish |title=nd.gov: Official Portal for North Dakota State Government |access-date=2007-08-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140815002346/http://nd.gov/content.htm?parentCatID=75&id=State%20Fish |archive-date=2014-08-15 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ndstudies.gov/gr4/citizenship/section-16-northern-pike|title=Northern Pike | North Dakota Studies|website=www.ndstudies.gov|access-date=2020-07-17|archive-date=2020-10-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201024003852/https://www.ndstudies.gov/gr4/citizenship/section-16-northern-pike|url-status=dead}}</ref> |- ! Ohio || None recognized<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.sos.state.oh.us/sos/profileohio/symbolsofohio.aspx|title= Ohio Secretary of State, ''Symbols of Ohio''|publisher= Ohio Secretary of State|access-date= 2016-01-14|url-status= dead|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160122205829/http://www.sos.state.oh.us/sos/ProfileOhio/SymbolsofOhio.aspx|archive-date= 2016-01-22}}</ref> || || || |- ! Oklahoma || White bass || ''Morone chrysops'' || 200px || 1974<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.okhistory.org/kids/symbols|title=Oklahoma Symbols | OHSkids!|website=www.okhistory.org}}</ref> |- ! Oregon || Chinook salmon || ''Oncorhynchus tshawytscha'' || 200px || 1961<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors186.html|title=Chapter 186}}</ref> |- ! Pennsylvania || Brook trout || ''Salvelinus fontinalis'' || 200px ||1970<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.legis.state.pa.us/WU01/LI/LI/US/HTM/1970/0/0061..HTM|title=Act of Mar. 9, 1970, P.L. 161, No. 61 Cl. 71 - MAKING THE BROOK TROUT THE STATE FISH|website=www.legis.state.pa.us}}</ref> |- ! Rhode Island || Striped bass || ''Morone saxatilis'' || 200px || 2000<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ri.gov/|title=RIGOV|website=www.ri.gov}}</ref> |- ! South Carolina || Striped bass || ''Morone saxatilis'' || 200px || 1972<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.scstatehouse.net/studentpage/symbols.htm |title= SC Statehouse Student's web page, ''State Symbols and Emblems'' | publisher = South Carolina General Assembly | access-date=2007-07-16 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070622035744/http://www.scstatehouse.net/studentpage/symbols.htm  |archive-date = 2007-06-22}}</ref> |- ! South Dakota || Walleye || ''Sander vitreus'' || 200px || 1992<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sdsos.gov/general-information/about-state-south-dakota/state-seal-symbols.aspx|title=About the State of South Dakota: South Dakota Secretary of State|website=sdsos.gov}}</ref> |- ! rowspan=2 | Tennessee || Smallmouth bass (sport fish) || ''Micropterus dolomieu'' || 200px ||2005<ref name="TNsymbols">{{Citation |title= State Symbols |publisher= Tennessee State Government |url= https://www.tn.gov/about-tn/state-symbols.html |access-date=2019-05-08}}</ref> |- || Channel catfish (state commercial fish) || ''Ictalurus punctatus'' || 200px || 1987<ref name="TNsymbols" /> |- ! rowspan=2 | Texas || Guadalupe bass (freshwater) || ''Micropterus treculii'' || 200px || 1989<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=https://www.tsl.texas.gov/ref/abouttx/symbols.html/|title=Texas State Symbols - Texas State Library and Archives Commission | TSLAC|website=www.tsl.texas.gov}}</ref> |- || Red drum (saltwater) || ''Sciaenops ocellatus'' || 200px || 2011<ref name="auto"/> |- ! Utah || Bonneville cutthroat trout ||''Oncorhynchus clarkii'' (subspecies ''utah'') || 200px || 1997<ref>[http://pioneer.utah.gov/utah_on_the_web/utah_symbols/trout.html Utah Symbols - Bonneville Cutthroat Trout] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080314164103/http://pioneer.utah.gov/utah_on_the_web/utah_symbols/trout.html |date=2008-03-14 }} from utah.gov "Pioneer - Utah's Online Library" page. Retrieved on 2008-03-25</ref> |- ! rowspan=2 | Vermont || Brook trout (cold water) || ''Salvelinus fontinalis'' || 200px || rowspan=2 | 1978 (2012)<ref>{{citation |title= § 501. State Fish |work= The Vermont Statutes Online Title 1 : General Provisions Chapter 011 : Flag, Insignia, Seal, Etc. |publisher= Vermont General Assembly |url= https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/01/011/00501 |access-date= 2020-02-14}}</ref><ref>{{citation |title= No. 82. An act relating to the designation of brook trout and walleye pike as the state fish of Vermont |date= 2012 |url= https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2012/Docs/BILLS/H-0449/ACT0082%20As%20Enacted.pdf |access-date= 2020-02-14}}</ref> |- || Walleye (warm water) || ''Sander vitreus'' || 200px |- ! rowspan=2 | Virginia || Brook trout (fresh water) || ''Salvelinus fontinalis'' || 200px || rowspan=2 | 2011<ref>{{cite web|url=https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+ful+CHAP0671|title=Bill Tracking - 2011 session > Legislation|website=lis.virginia.gov}}</ref> |- || Striped bass (salt water) || ''Morone saxatilis'' || 200px |- ! Washington || Steelhead trout ||''Oncorhynchus mykiss'' || 200px || 1969<ref>{{cite web | title = Symbols of Washington State | publisher = Washington State Legislature | url = http://www1.leg.wa.gov/Legislature/StateSymbols/ | access-date =2007-03-11 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070305110012/http://www1.leg.wa.gov/Legislature/StateSymbols/  |archive-date = 2007-03-05}}</ref> |- ! West Virginia || Brook trout || ''Salvelinus fontinalis'' || 200px || 1973<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/2016/BlueBook/1043_WVS_BlueBook.pdf|title=Section Eleven Departmental, Statistical & General Information}}</ref> |- ! Wisconsin || Muskellunge || ''Esox masquinongy'' || 200px || 1955<ref>{{cite web | title = Wisc. Stat. § 1.10(3)(g) | publisher = State of Wisconsin | url = http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/statutes/statutes/1/10/3/g | access-date =2014-08-03}}</ref> |- ! Wyoming || Cutthroat trout ||''Oncorhynchus clarkii'' || 200px || 1987<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wyo.gov/about-wyoming/wyoming-facts-and-symbols|title=Wyoming Facts and Symbols - State of Wyoming|website=www.wyo.gov}}</ref> |}

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