• ALEWIPE 



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Figure 7. — Lake sturgeon, Acipenser fulvescens . longnose gar, Lepisosteus osseus : bowfin, Amia calva; 



alewife, Alosa pseudoharengus. 



5. Acipenser fulvescens Rafinesque, lake sturgeon (fig. 7) 



Lake sturgeon were recorded from two of the larger river systems; the Sturgeon River, 

 Houghton County, Mich., and the Bad River, Ashland County, Wis. Some specimens exceeded 

 the length of a 6-foot barrier trap. 



Records by state and county: 

 Michigan - Houghton 64. 

 Wisconsin - Ashland 131. 



6. Lepisosteus osseus (Linnaeus), longnose gar (fig. 7) 



A male longnose gar, 676 mm. long, was caught in September 1963 by a sports fisherman 

 below the electric barrier on the Brule River, Douglas County, Wis. 



Record by state and county: 

 Wisconsin - Douglas 152. 



7. Amia calva Linnaeus, bowfin (fig. 7) 



A female bowfin, 357 mm. total length, was captured June 1, 1960, at the Middle River 

 barrier, Douglas County, Wis. 



Record by state and county: 

 Wisconsin - Douglas 154. 



8. Alosa p seudoharengus (Wilson), alewife (fig. 7) 



The alewife has recently invaded Lake Superior, but was encountered rarely in tributary 

 streams. 



Records by state and county: 



Michigan - Chippewa 1; Alger 21; Baraga 57, 60; Houghton 70. 



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