Fishes . ason of the whitefish the lake herring feeds on the ova of thelatter, thereby doing a great amount of mischief. As food 290 Salmonidae this species is fair, but much inferior to the whitefish. Itsgeographical distribution is essentially the same, but to a greaterdegree it frequents shoal waters. In the small lakes aroundLake Michigan, in Indiana and Wisconsin (Tippecanoe, Geneva,Oconomowoc, etc.), the cisco has long been established; andin these waters its habits have imdergone some change, as hasalso its external appearance. It has been recorded as a distinctspecies, Argyrosomiis sis
Fishes . ason of the whitefish the lake herring feeds on the ova of thelatter, thereby doing a great amount of mischief. As food 290 Salmonidae this species is fair, but much inferior to the whitefish. Itsgeographical distribution is essentially the same, but to a greaterdegree it frequents shoal waters. In the small lakes aroundLake Michigan, in Indiana and Wisconsin (Tippecanoe, Geneva,Oconomowoc, etc.), the cisco has long been established; andin these waters its habits have imdergone some change, as hasalso its external appearance. It has been recorded as a distinctspecies, Argyrosomiis sisco, and its excellence as a game-fish hasbeen long appreciated by the angler. These lake ciscoes remainfor most of the year in the depths of the lake, coming to thesurface only in search of certain insects, and to shallow wateronly in the spawning season. This periodical disappearanceof the cisco has led to much foolish discussion as to the proba-bility of their returning by an underground passage to Lake. Fig. 220—Bluefin Cisco, Argyrosotnus nigripinnis Gill. Sheboygan. Michigan during the periods of their absence. One author, con-founding cisco with siscowet, has assumed that this under-ground passage leads to Lake Superior, and that the cisco isidentical with the fat lake trout which bears the latter name lake herring alludes to the superficial resemblancewhich this species possesses to the marine herring, a fish of quitea different family. Closely allied to the lake herring is the bluefin of Lake Michi-gan and of certain lakes in New York (Argyrosonius nigripinms),a fine large species inhabiting deep waters, and recognizableby the blue-black color of its lower fins. In the lakes of centralNew York are found two other species, the so-called lake smelt{Argyrosomiis osmerijormis) and the long-jaw {Argyrosomus SalmonidcB 291 prognathus). Argyrosomus lucidus is abiindant in Great BearLake. In Alaska and Siberia are still otiier species of the ciscotype {Argyrosomus la
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