GENUS ARGYROSOMUS AGASSIZ The Lake Herrings or Ciscoes Alaska Herring Argyrosomus alascanus Scofield This herring is known only from 3 specimens, 1 from salt water at Point Hope, Alaska, and 2 others from freshwater at Grantley Harbour, near Bering Straits. The species reaches a foot in length. It seems most closely related to the lake herring, from which it differs chiefly in the fewer gillrakers. Nothing is known regarding its abundance, distribution, or habits.