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Genus Boreogadus Gttnther 
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Boreogadus GUNTHER, Cat. Fishes Brit. Mus., vol, 4, p. 336, 
1862. (Type Gadus fabricii RICHARDSON, designated by JORDAN 
and GILBERT, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., no. 16, p. 807, 1882.) 
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Body elongate, slender, little compressed. Caudal peduncle 
slender, rounded. Head long, pointed. Lower jaw projects. Upper teeth 
slender, wide set, uniserial or biserial. Gill rakers numerous, long, 
slender. Dorsal fins 3. Anal divided as 2 fins. Caudal forked. 
Small codfishes of the Arctic Seas. They differ from Pollachivis 
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and Theragra chiefly in their dentition and forked caudal. 
^Boreo^dus saida (Lepechin) 
Gadus saida LEPECHIN, Nov. Comment. Acad. Sci. Petropol*, vol. 
18, p. 512, 1774 (type locality: Russia). —BONNATERRE, Tabl. 
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Ichth., p. 47, pi. 86, fig. 360, 1788 (White Sea). —GMELIN, 
Syst. Nat. Linn., pt. 1, p. 1166, 1789 (copied). —WALBAUM, 
Artedi Pise., vol. 3, p. 134, 1792 (copied). —LAClSPEDE, Hist. 
Nat. Poiss., vol. 2, pp. 366, 405, 1800 (copied). —SCHNEIDER, 
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Syst. Ichth. Bloch, p. , 1801 (copied). —GtfNTHER, Cat. Fishes 
- Brit. Mus., vol. 4, p. 337, 1862 (compiled). 
