ANAL FIN(S):
Summary: Anal fin base long; fin divided into 2 separate fins, with about 20
and 18 rays respectively. First anal fin with short base (less than one-half of preanal length). No spinous rays.
Literature: Jordan and Evermann 1898:
Reference to family Gadidae: Page 2531 (text): "...no spines, the fin rays all articulated."
"...anal fin long, single or divided..." References to genus Gadus:
Page 2531 (key) - "Anal divided into 2 separate fins..."
Page 2540) - "...anal fins 2..." References to Gadus morhua (as Gadus callarias):
Page 2541 (text) - "A. 20 - 18." Eschmeyer and Herald 1983:
Reference to family Gadidae:
Page 97 (text) - "Our cods have ... 2 anal fins; some in other areas have ... 1 anal fin."
Robins and Ray 1986: Reference to family Gadidae: Page 92 (text) :
"No fin spines." References to Gadus morhua: Page 92 (text) - "...2 anal fins."
Cohen et al. 1990: Reference to subfamily Gadinae:
Page 3 (text) - "...characterized by having...two anal fins." References to genus Gadus:
Page 20 (key) - "Anal fins 2." Page 21 (key) - "First anal fin base short, less than
one-half of pre-anal length." Page 41 (text) - "...two anal fins ... separate from each other
... first anal fin base short, less than one-half of preanal distance..."
Nelson 1994: Reference to order Gadiformes:
Page 227 (text) - "...no true spines in the fins..." Reference to subfamily Gadinae: Page 237 (text) - "...two anal fins..."