Table 2. Skeletal element representation of the fishes of the Gadidae from excavations at Newcastle Quayside

Element Small Gadids Large Gadids Haddock Ling
Dentale 48 46 3 17
Articulare 28 72 15 14
Premaxillare 45 45 11 3
Maxillare 24 25 8 7
Quadratum 34 21 17 8
Hyomandibulare 10 13 5 1
Angulare 0 1 0 0
Vomer 5 9 3 2
Paraphenoideum 12 37 7 7
Palatinum 5 8 2 1
Ectopterygoideum 2 6 0 4
Basioccipitale 18 15 6 2
Keratohyale 15 24 7 1
Epihyale 11 7 4 1
Cleithrum 3 17 42 16
Operculare 8 19 4 3
Praeoperculare 4 18 2 5
Suboperculare 0 2 2 0
Interoperculare 3 3 6 4
Postcleithrale 6 7 4 1
Supracleithrale 17 23 11 3
Posttemporale 21 10 12 4
Syplecticum 7 6 0 0
Urohyale 0 1 0 1
1st-4th vertebrae 70 51 11 15
other vertebrae precaudals 410 219 165 105
vertebrae caudals 515 117 189 11