SPECIES NAME: Gadus morhua Linnaeus, 1758


DENTITION:

Summary: Teeth in jaws stong, cardiform, arranged in narrow bands; vomer toothed; palatine without teeth.
Literature: Jordan and Evermann 1898: Reference to genus Gadus: Page 2540 (text) - "Teeth in jaws cardiform, subequal; vomer with teeth; none on the palatines." Reference to Gadus morhua: Page 2541 (text) - " Teeth strong, cardiform, in narrow bands, those of the outer row in the upper jaw and of the inner row in the lower jaw somewhat enlarged." Cohen et al. 1990: Reference to genus Gadus: Page 41 (text) - "...palatine teeth lacking." Nelson 1994: Reference to family Gadidae: Page 237 (text) - "Head of vomer toothed."


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