Rineloricaria microlepidogaster

Rineloricaria microlepidogaster^[1] 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.^[2]

Rineloricaria microlepidogaster
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Siluriformes
Family:	Loricariidae
Genus:	Rineloricaria
Species:	R. microlepidogaster
Binomial name
Rineloricaria microlepidogaster (Regan, 1904)
Synonyms
Loricaria microlepidogaster