Colorado State Fish

Greenback Cutthroat Trout Oncorhynchus clarki stomias Adopted: March 16, 1994

Colorado State Fish: Greenback Cutthroat Trout
Courtesy: National Park Service

Colorado Law

The following information was excerpted from the Colorado Revised Statutes, Title 24, Article 80.

TITLE 24. GOVERNMENT - STATE.
STATE HISTORY, ARCHIVES, AND EMBLEMS.
ARTICLE 80. STATE HISTORY, ARCHIVES, AND EMBLEMS.
PART 9. STATE EMBLEMS AND SYMBOLS.

24-80-911.5. State fish.

The greenback cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus clarki stomias) is hereby made and declared to be the state fish of the state of Colorado.

Source: L. 94: Entire section added, p. 50, § 1, effective March 15.

Sources...

Colorado Revised Statutes. Colorado General Assembly. 2009. 20 February 2009
Sanko, John. Trout bill more than mere game. Rocky Mountain News, March 16, 1994.
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

State Fish: Colorado Department of Personnel & Administration.

Greenback Cutthroat Trout: Colorado Division of Wildlife.

Greenback Cutthroat Trout: Brief description for the Colorado Department of Education.

Greenback cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus clarki stomias): U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: Environmental Conservation Online Service.

Oncorhynchus clarkii stomias (Cope, 1871): Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Here you will find authoritative taxonomic information on plants, animals, fungi, and microbes of North America and the world.

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

Greenback Cutthroat Trout (Oncorhynchus clarki stomias): 2004 Western Native Trout Status review from the Western Native Trout Initiative.

State Fish: Complete list of official state Fish.

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

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