Scientific Name
Trichomycterus uisae
Common Name
Trepador
Biology
Vertebrae: 35. Has a characteristic dark bluish-gray band from the head to the origin of the dorsal fin, five to nine opercular odontodes, and the anterior and posterior fontanels separated but connected by a narrow channel.
Body elongated, deeper than wide, gradually deeper from trunk toward caudal peduncle; dorsal profile of trunk convex. Ventral profile of trunk straight. Dorsal and ventral profiles of caudal
peduncle slightly convex. Integument thick with lateral cutaneous folds forming vertical rings between pectoral and anal fins in specimens preserved in alcohol. Head wide, trapezoidal, depressed in dorsal view. Dorsal profile of head straight, ventral and lateral profiles convex.
Eye small, black, rounded, well defined, with variable diameter, positioned dorsally on anterior half of head. Mouth subterminal,
with corners oriented backwards. Lower lip with
conspicuously fleshy lateral lobes. Teeth conical, curved, arranged in 3-4 irregular rows on upper jaw and three rows on