The Pacific electric ray was described by American ichthyologist William Orville Ayres who named it after the U.S. state where it was first discovered by science .
American ichthyologist William Orville Ayres is the first Curator of Ichthyology at the California Academy of Sciences .
The Pacific electric ray was described by American ichthyologist William Orville Ayres , the first Curator of Ichthyology at the California Academy of Sciences , who named it after the U.S. state where it was first discovered by science .