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 macrocephalus: Page 2541 (text) - "Teeth strong, cardiform, in narrow bands on jaws and vomer." 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."