SCALATION:

Summary: Scales small, cycloid, rounded, and overlapping; not at angles to each other.
Literature: Jordan and Evermann 1898: Reference to family Gadidae: Page 2531 (text) - "...scales small, cycloid..." Reference to genus Gadus: Page 2540 (text) - "Scales very small..." Eschmeyer and Herald 1983: Reference to order Gadiformes: Page 96 (text) - : "Scales usually cycloid (but prickly in some grenadiers)..." Reference to family Gadidae: Page 97 (text) - "Elongate fishes with small cycloid scales." Cohen et al. 1990: Reference to family Gadidae: Page 13 (key) - "Scales rounded and overlapping in most, not at angles to each other" Page 18 (text): - " Scales in most species overlapping and rounded, not set at right angles to each other." Reference to genus Gadus: Page 41 (text) - " Scales overlapping."