• BURBOT 



A BANDED KILLIFIS 



O AMERICAN EEL 



WISCONSIN 



MICHIGAN 



Figure 39. — American eel, Anguilla rostrata ; banded killifish, Fundulus diaphanus ; 



burbot. Lota lota . 



52. Anguilla rostrata (Lesueur), American eel (fig. 39) 



One American eel was captured July 21, 1957, at the barrier on Beaver Lake Creek. It was 

 406 mm. long and weighed 102 gram. 



Record by state and county: 

 Michigan - Alger 26. 



53. Fundulus diaphanus (Lesueur), banded killifish (fig. 39) 



The banded killifish was collected from Pendills Creek on Lake Superior. This species is 

 restricted to an inland lake in the upper portion of this stream. 



Record by state and county: 

 Michigan - Chippewa 3. 



54. Lota lota (Linnaeus), burbot (fig. 39) 



Burbot are common in tributary streams of Lake Superior. They were collected in limited 

 numbers in the barrier traps. Small burbot were frequently in fyke nets. 



Records by state and county: 



Michigan - Chippewa 1, 3, 5, 14; Luce 18, 19, 20; Alger 21, 28 29, 33, 35, 38, 39; Marquette 

 40, 46, 49, 50, 51, 53; Baraga 55, 57; Houghton 64, 66, 67, 70, 85, 89, 91, 92; Keweenaw 72, 74, 

 77, 81; Ontonagon 94, 96, 97, 101, 102, 106; Gogebic 120. 



Wisconsin - Ashland 131; Bayfield 134, 147; Douglas 152, 153, 154, 155, 156. 



Minnesota - St. Louis 157; Cook 172. 



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