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  Current accepted name  
Yes
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Accepted name
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senior synonym, new combination
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  Etymology of generic noun  
Greek, arktos = bear + particle zen, derived from zao = to give life
  Etymology of specific epithet  
Named after A. Risso, European ichthyologist (Ref. 6885).
  Eponymy  
Professor Giovanni Antonio Risso (1777–1845) (aka Joseph Antoine Risso) was an Italian-French naturalist and the first to describe deep-sea fishes as distinctive fauna and describe depth zonation with different species living in discrete depth [...]
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