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COD FAMILY

Fishes with three dorsal fins

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The lateral line is black; there is a blak blotch above the pectoral fin; the first dorsal fin is sharply pointed and much taller than the other dorsal fin The lateral line is pale; there is no black arch above the pectoral fins; the first dorsal fin is not sharply pointed and is about the same height as the other dorsal fins

           

 
adapted from Marine Animals of Southern New England and New York by Howard M. Weiss
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