PECTORAL FINS:

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Summary: Pectoral fins ½ length of head, reaching to below end of first dorsal, but falling far short of anal fin origin; longest ray fitting approximately 2½ times in head length No spinous fin rays present.
Literature: Jordan and Evermann 1898: Reference to family Gadidae: Page 2531 (text): "...no spines, the fin rays all articulated." Reference to Gadus macrocephalus: Page 2541 (text): "in head ... highest ... pectoral 2 ½.." "Pectoral reaching to below end of first dorsal..." Eschmeyer and Herald 1983: Reference to family Gadidae: Page 97 (text) - "No spinous fin rays." Robins and Ray 1986: Reference to family Gadidae: Page 92 (text): "No fin spines." Cohen et al. 1990: Reference to genus Gadus: Page 41 (text) - "...pectoral fins falling far short of anal fin origin..." Nelson 1994: Reference to order Gadiformes: Page 227 (text) - "...no true spines in the fins..."