Rineloricaria eigenmanni

{{Short description|Species of catfish}}

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| taxon = Rineloricaria eigenmanni

| authority = (Pellegrin, 1908)

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|Loricaria eigenmanni|

|Hemiloricaria eigenmanni|

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Rineloricaria eigenmanni{{Cite web |title=ITIS - Report: Rineloricaria eigenmanni |url=https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=680500#null |access-date=2023-02-03 |website=www.itis.gov}} is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is native to South America, where it is known from Venezuela, with its type locality being listed as near Sarare and is also found in and the Orinoco River in Venezuela and Colombia .{{Cite web |title=Rineloricaria eigenmanni • Loricariidae • Cat-eLog |url=https://www.planetcatfish.com/common/species.php?species_id=1064 |access-date=2023-02-03 |website=www.planetcatfish.com |language=en-gb}} The species reaches 10.2 cm (4 inches) in standard length and is believed to be a facultative air-breather.{{Cite web |date=2023 |editor-last=Froese |editor-first=Rainer |editor2-last=Pauly |editor2-first=Daniel |title=Rineloricaria eigenmanni |url=https://www.fishbase.de/summary/Rineloricaria-eigenmanni |website=FishBase}}

Rineloricaria eigenmanni appears in the aquarium trade, where it is sometimes known as the common whiptail catfish.