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Genu s Gadu s Linna eu s 
Gadus LINNAEUS, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 251, 1758. 
( T yP e Gadus oallarias LINNAEUS, designated by JORDAN and GILBERT, 
Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., no. 16, p. 803, 1882.) 
Morr OKEN, Isis, p. 1183, 1817 (on Les Morrues CUVIER, ^ • 
Regne Animal, vol. 2, p. 212, 1817). (Type Gadus morrhua 
LINNAEUS, designated by JORDAN and EVERMANN, Genera of Fishes, 
pt. 1, p. 100, 1917.) 
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Cephus S'/'/A IN SON, Nat. Hist. Animals, vol. 2, p. 300, 1839. 
(Type Gadus macrocephalus TILESIUS, monotypic.) 
Body moderately long, compressed, tapering behind. Head narrowed 
in front. Mouth moderate. Maxillary reaches past front of eye. Mandibular 
barbel present. Teeth in jaws partly equal, cardiform. Vomer wi^th teeth, 
none on palatines. Cranium with expanded crests and no part of skeleton 
expanded or ivory like. Scales very small# lateral line present. Dorsal 
3, well separated# Anals 2. Ventrals well developed, rays 7. 
Species ffew, of the northern seas and all highly valued as food 
fishes. The name cod in Middle English means a shell, husk or bolster. 
