Hepsetia boyeri (Risso, 1810)
Synonym for Atherina boyeri Risso, 1810

  Original name  
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  Current accepted name  
No
  Status  
Synonym
  Status details  
senior synonym, new combination
  Status ref.  
  Comment  
In Jordan & Hubbs 1919.
  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.”
  Link to references  
References using the name as accepted
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ITIS TSN : None | Catalogue of Life | ZooBank | WoRMS