SHAPE:

Summary: Body moderately elongate, its depth fitting approximately four times in its length; compressed and tapering behind.
Literature: Jordan and Evermann 1898: Reference to family Gadidae: Page 2530 (text) - "Body more or less elongate, the caudal region moderate, coniform behind, and with the caudal rays procurrent above and below..." Reference to genus Gadus: Page 2540 (text) - "Body moderately elongate, compressed and tapering behind." Reference to Gadus morhua (as Gadus callarias): Page 2541(text) - "...depth about 4." Eschmeyer and Herald 1983: Reference to family Gadidae: Page 97 (text) - "Elongate fishes..."