Rineloricaria strigilata

{{Short description|Species of catfish}}

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| taxon = Rineloricaria strigilata

| authority = (Hensel, 1868)

| synonyms = *Loricaria strigilata

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Rineloricaria strigilata,{{Cite web |title=ITIS - Report: Rineloricaria strigilata |url=https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=680530#null |access-date=2023-02-05 |website=www.itis.gov}} commonly known as the Santa Cruz whiptail catfish, is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is native to South America, where it is known from southern Brazil and Uruguay, with its type locality being listed as the Lagoa dos Patos basin near Santa Cruz do Sul.{{Cite web |title=Rineloricaria strigilata • Loricariidae • Cat-eLog |url=https://www.planetcatfish.com/common/species.php?species_id=2499 |access-date=2023-02-05 |website=www.planetcatfish.com |language=en-gb}} It is typically found in environments with slow to fast water flow, clear to brown water, and a substrate composed of sand or mud. The species reaches 13.9 cm (5.5 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 strigilata |url=https://www.fishbase.de/summary/Rineloricaria-strigilata.html |website=FishBase}}