Nebraska State Fish

Channel Catfish Ictalurus punctatus Declared: September 13, 1997

Nebraska State Fish: Channel Catfish
Courtesy: N.Y. State Dept. of Environmental Conservation

In 1997, the Nebraska Legislature approved Legislative Bill No. 106 (LB106) giving the governor of Nebraska the authority to declare official "state items" without legislative approval.

The channel catfish became the official state fish of Nebraska by declaration of the governor.

Because the channel catfish was "declared" the official state fish by Governor Ben Nelson, it is not listed among the Nebraska Revised Statutes.

Nebraska Law

The following is excerpted from the Nebraska Revised Statutes, Chapter 90, Section 90.119.

CHAPTER 90 - Special Acts.
SECTION 90-107.

Governor; designate official state items. The Governor may designate official state items, including animals, plants, minerals, and other things. Legislative approval of any such designation is not required. Any designation made on or prior to September 13, 1997, is not affected by this section.

Source Laws 1997, LB 106, § 1.

Sources...

Nebraska Revised Statutes. The Nebraska Legislature. 2009. 9 March 2009
The Associated Press. 1997. August 1997.
Shearer, Benjamin F. and Barbara S. State Names, Seals, Flags and Symbols: A Historical Guide Third Edition, Revised and Expanded. Westport, Conn: Greenwood Press, 3 Sub edition, 2001.

Additional Information

Nebraska State Fish: Channel Catfish
Courtesy: Army Corp of Engineers

State Fish: Nebraska Secretary of State.

Channel Catfish: Nebraska Game and Parks Commission Fish Identification.

Channel Catfish: Image for coloring from the Nebraska State Historical Society.

Fishing in Nebraska: Nebraska Game and Parks Commission.

Ictalurus punctatus (channel catfish): University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web.

Ictalurus punctatus (Rafinesque, 1818): Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2009.FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org, version (01/2009)

Ictalurus punctatus - (Rafinesque, 1818): NatureServe Explorer: An Encyclopedia of Life.

Ictalurus punctatus (Rafinesque, 1818): Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Here you will find authoritative taxonomic information on plants, animals, fungi, and microbes of North America and the world.

Ictalurus punctatus: CalPhoto photographs. The Biodiversity Sciences Technology group (BSCIT), a part of the Berkeley Natural History Museums at the University of California, Berkeley.

State Fish: Complete list of official state Fish.

More symbols & emblems: Complete list of official Nebraska state symbols.

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