Largest tributaries
Smaller tributaries
Perciformes - Perches
Salmoniformes - Salmons and Trouts
Esociformes - Pikes
Siluriformes - Catfishes
Centrarchiformes - Basses and sunfishes
Cypriniformes - Carps
Acipenseriformes - Sturgeons and Paddlefish
Lepisosteiformes - Gars
Gadiformes - Cods
Amiiformes - Bowfins
Clupeiformes - Herrings
Acanthuriformes - Surgeonfishes
Moroniformes - Temperate basses
Anguilliformes - Eels and morays
Gobiiformes - Gobies
Gasterosteiformes - Sticklebacks
Percopsiformes - Trout-perches
Hiodontiformes - Mooneyes
Cyprinodontiformes - Toothcarps
Petromyzontiformes - Lampreys
Lake Michigan is one of the five Great Lakes of North America. It is the second-largest of the Great Lakes by volume and the third-largest by surface area, after Lake Superior and Lake Huron.
To the east, its basin is conjoined with that of Lake Huron through the narrow Straits of Mackinac, giving it the same surface elevation as its easterly counterpart; the two are technically a single lake.
Green Bay is a large bay in its northwest, and Grand Traverse Bay is in the northeast.
