Antoine Risso
Giuseppe Antonio Risso, called Antoine Risso, was a Niçard naturalist.
Risso was born in the city of Nice in the Duchy of Savoy, and studied under Giovanni Battista Balbis. He published Ichthyologie de Nice, Histoire naturelle de l'Europe méridionale and Histoire Naturelle des Orangers. Risso's dolphin was named after him. He is denoted by the author abbreviation Risso when citing a botanical name; the same abbreviation is used for zoological names.Genera and species named after him
He named 549 marine genera and species. IPNI gives 81 records for Risso.
