Banded Killifish
Fundulus diaphanus · Fundulidae
About this fish
- Spawning
- April, May, June, July, August and September
- Largest length
- up to 10 cm (4 inches)
- Lifespan
- up to 4 years
- Matures at
- about 1 years old
Values come from a national database of the United States, not Wisconsin surveys: maximum length is the species' largest recorded anywhere, and spawning months are range-wide (Wisconsin timing, in a colder climate, can be later).
USGS FishTraits 14.3 (CC0). Credit: Frimpong and Angermeier, U.S. Geological Survey.
47 open records of this fish in Wisconsin were used here.
Lakes where it has been recorded
From open fish survey and museum records. A record shows the fish was found near the lake in that year, not that it is there now.
Showing 12 of 16 lakes
- Okauchee LakeWaukesha County1,187 acres · 94 ft deeprecorded 2021 (1 record)Moderatestocked, recorded
- Lake MichiganWisconsin0.4 acresrecorded 2018 to 2020 (8 records)stocked, recorded
- Sturgeon BayWisconsin4,945 acresrecorded 2017 to 2020 (2 records)stocked, recorded
- Kangaroo LakeDoor County1,123 acres · 12 ft deeprecorded 2017 (1 record)Moderaterecorded
- Little Sturgeon BayWisconsin1,068 acresrecorded 2008 to 2015 (2 records)stocked, recorded
- Geneva LakeWalworth County5,262 acres · 135 ft deeprecorded 2004 (3 records)Clearstocked, recorded
- Lake MendotaDane County9,842 acres · 82 ft deeprecorded 1961 to 1968 (7 records)Lowstocked, recorded
- Fish LakeDane County216 acres · 62 ft deeprecorded 1961 (1 record)Lowstocked, recorded
- Warner LakeBurnett County176 acres · 75 ft deeprecorded 1928 (1 record)Clearrecorded
- Lake EmilyDodge County268 acres · 14 ft deeprecorded 1927 (1 record)Lowstocked, recorded
- Ennis LakeMarquette County25 acres · 31 ft deeprecorded 1925 (2 records)Moderaterecorded
- Jordan LakeAdams County213 acres · 79 ft deeprecorded 1925 (1 record)Clearstocked, recorded
- Little Arbor Vitae LakeVilas County534 acres · 32 ft deeprecorded 1925 (1 record)Lowstocked, recorded
- Mason LakeAdams County855 acres · 9 ft deeprecorded 1925 (1 record)Lowstocked, recorded
- Park LakeColumbia County312 acres · 27 ft deeprecorded 1925 (1 record)Lowstocked, recorded
- Oconomowoc LakeWaukesha County767 acres · 62 ft deeprecorded 1913 (1 record)Clearstocked, recorded