COLORATION:

Summary: Color gray to brown above, lighter below, back and sides generally with numerous brownish spots or vermiculations; fins, with the exception of first anal and ventrals, dusky; lateral line pale; no dark blotch above axil of pectoral fin.
Literature: Jordan and Evermann 1898: Reference to G. macrocephalus (as G. callarias) and G. macrocephalus: Page 2540 (key) - " Axil without dusky spot." Reference to G. macrocephalus: Page 2541 (text) - "Color brownish, lighter below, back and sides with numerous brownish spots; fins, with the exception of first anal and ventrals, dusky." Miller and Lea 1972: References to G. macrocephalus: Page 77 (text) - "Gray to brown above, pale below; brown spots on upper parts." Cohen et al. 1990: References to genus Gadus: Page 22 (key) - "No dark blotch above pectoral fin. Lateral line pale,..." Page 41 (text) - Lateral line pale. References to G. macrocephalus: Page 41(key) - "Body generally spotted." Page 42 (text) - "Colour: dorsally brown to grey with spots or vermiculations, ventrally paler."