Original name  
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  Current accepted name  
Yes
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Accepted name
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senior synonym, original combination
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  Etymology of generic noun  
Greek, atherina, the Greek name for the eperlane; 1770 (Ref. 45335).
  Eponymy  
Guillaume Boyer de Nice was a poet. The species was described in a book about the ichthyology of Nice. Risso chose to name the smelt after a historic son of that city; the poet who was a “…troubadour distingué du troisième siècle.”
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