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Rineloricaria strigilata, Santa Cruz whiptail catfish
Possesses the characters of the sandy group except that the snout tip with a globular protuberance of naked skin, not reaching anteriormost pore of infraorbital ramus of sensory canal, and variably with a dorsal-fin spinelet. Can be diagnosed from all other congeners by its color pattern consisting of numerous dark and vermiculated spots on a light brown background. Differs from the species in the sandy group by the globular protuberance at snout tip (except for Rineloricaria misionera); and from Rineloricaria misionera by having fully plated abdomen and usually with four or five series of plates between the lateral abdominal plates (Ref. 75788). Body shape (shape guide): elongated.
Facultative air-breathing in the genus (Ref. 126274); Inhabits slow to fast flowing watercourses, with clear to brown water and with sandy and/or muddy bottom (Ref. 75788).
Rodriguez, M.S. and R.E. Reis, 2008. Taxonomic review of Rineloricaria (Loricariidae: Loricariinae) from the Laguna dos Patos drainage, Southern Brazil, with the descriptions of two new species and the recognition of two species groups. Copeia 2008(2):333-349. (Ref. 75788)
