Maryland State Fish

Striped Bass Morone saxatilis Adopted: April 8, 1965

Maryland State Fish: Striped Bass
Courtesy: N.Y. Department of Conservation

Maryland Law

The following information was excerpted from the Maryland Code Online, Title 13, Subtitle 3, Section 13-304.

STATE GOVERNMMENT
TITLE 13. EMBLEMS; COMMEMORATIVE DAYS; MANUAL.
SUBTITLE 3. ADDITIONAL EMBLEMS; DESIGNATIONS
SECTION 13-304.

§13-304. Fish.

The striped bass or rockfish (Morone saxatilis) is the State fish.

[An. Code 1957, art. 41, § 71A; 1984, ch. 284, § 1; 2001, ch. 29, § 1; 2002, ch. 19, § 1.]

Sources...

Maryland Code Online. Maryland General Assembly. 2009. 26 February 2009
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

Maryland State Fish - Rockfish (Striped Bass): State symbols from the Maryland State Archives: Maryland at a Glance.

Striped bass: Maryland fish facts from the Maryland Fisheries Service, Maryland Department of Natural Resources.

Morone saxatilis (Walbaum, 1792): Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Here you will find authoritative taxonomic information on plants, animals, fungi, and microbes of North America and the world.

Morone saxatilis (Walbaum, 1792): Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2008.FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org, version (12/2008).

Morone saxatilis - (Walbaum, 1792): NatureServe Explorer: An Online Encyclopedia of Life.

State Fish: Complete list of official state Fish.

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

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