The species is named in honor of Dr. Cene Fišer, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia who dedicated his
research to the examination and exploration of subterranean amphipod diversity.
Mamaghani-Shishvan, M.; Esmaeili-Rineh, S. (2019). Two new species of groundwater amphipods of the genus Niphargus Schiödte, 1849 from northwestern Iran. <em>European Journal of Taxonomy.</em> (546).available online athttps://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/view/741 Available for editors [request]