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Parastremma

genus of fishes

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 21, 2026
Entity authorityQ7136055 ↗
Source-derived summary

Parastremma is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Acestrorhamphidae, the American characins. The fishes in this genus are endemic to western Colombia.

Species

Paratremma contains the following valid species:

Parastremma album Dahl, 1960

Parastremma pulchrum Dahl, 1960

Parastremma sadina C. H. Eigenmann, 1912

References

Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Parastremma". FishBase. October 2011 version.

Editorial summary

“Parastremma” enters the record as genus of fishes. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Parastremma, genus and fishes can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA practical orientation to terminology and classification, particularly when read beside dated observations, specimens or technical literature. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1960, 1912, 2011—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Parastremma, genus and fishes.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

“Parastremma” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Parastremma, genus and fishes provides the most credible route into that argument.

Evidence profile

Datasets, specimens, observations and peer-reviewed methods provide the appropriate test for the technical claims summarized here. The source revision retrieved here is dated May 21, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7136055. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1960, 1912 and 2011.

Critical limits

A general summary may omit uncertainty, sample limits or methodological disagreement that is explicit in the technical record. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

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  2. Expand the search: follow Parastremma primary sources, Parastremma archive and Parastremma research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “Parastremma” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.