Rineloricaria microlepidogaster

{{Short description|Species of catfish}}

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| taxon = Rineloricaria microlepidogaster

| authority = (Regan, 1904)

| synonyms = *Loricaria microlepidogaster

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Rineloricaria microlepidogaster{{Cite web |title=ITIS - Report: Rineloricaria microlepidogaster |url=https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=164378#null |access-date=2023-02-05 |website=www.itis.gov}} is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is native to South America, where it occurs in the Lagoa dos Patos basin, as well as possibly the Paraná River basin, in Argentina and Brazil. It is typically seen in environments with slow to fast water flow, clear to brown water, and a substrate composed of rocks, sand, or mud, including polluted waters. The species reaches 19.3 cm (7.6 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 microlepidogaster |url=https://www.fishbase.se/summary/49091 |website=FishBase}}