| Original name | |
|---|---|
| Check ECoF | |
| Current accepted name |
No |
| Status |
Synonym |
| Status details |
senior synonym, new combination |
| Status ref. | |
| Comment |
Generic name and specific epithet spellings from Eschmeyer, pers. comm. Also in Paxton et al. 1989 (Ref. 7300: 247). |
| Etymology of generic noun |
Greek, noton = back + Greek, lepis = scale (Ref. 45335). |
| 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 [...] |
| Link to references |
References using the name as accepted |
| Link to other databases |