Scientific Name
Myaka myaka
Common Name
Myaka
Biology
Dorsal
spines
(total): 14 - 15;
Dorsal
soft rays
(total): 10-12;
Anal
spines: 3;
Anal
soft rays: 8 - 10;
Vertebrae: 28 - 29. Diagnosis: mouth strongly upturned, making an angle of about 50? with the horizontal; outer row jaw teeth reduced and few in number, inner row teeth minute tricuspids; lower pharyngeal jaw markedly longer than wide, with a reduced dentigerous surface, and covered with a ?felt? of tiny unicuspid teeth (Ref. 81260).