64 PISHES OF THE CONNECTICUT LAKES. 



pounds, but in other places it is known to reach 8 or 10 pounds. In 

 Alaska some are said to have been caught weighing 60 pounds. 



The burbot affects rather deep water, approaching the shore at 

 night to feed. It subsists to a great extent upon other fishes, their 

 eggs and young. Very little is known of its breeding habits and life 

 history. It probably spawns about February or March on the gravel 

 bottoms of lakes and streams. Young from 1.9 to 2.45 inches long 

 were taken in pools in a field on Indian Stream. We are unable to 

 ascertain that young so small as these have been observed before. 

 They were very delicate, died quickly, and became distorted about 

 the head, although the water in the minnow bucket, in Avhich minnows 

 lived very well, was changed frequently. Their appearance was much 

 like the adult, and easily recognized. The color was somewhat mot- 

 tled olive, tip of first dorsal reddish. 



Young from 2.75 to 6 inches in length were taken in East Inlet of 

 Second Lake. The stomachs and intestines of these young fish con- 

 tained a variety of things, consisting partly of fragments of insects, 

 shells of entomostraca, mites, and larval insects, principally the 

 black fly. 



