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OCCASIONAL PAPERS OF THE CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 
Number 158 
Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 
Series 1 
[135] Ayres, William Orville. 1854. [Descriptions of species 
of fish, believed to be new]. Proceedings of the 
California Academy of Natural Sciences, ser. 1, 1(1): 
3-4. 
(Presented at the Academy meeting held on 4 September 
1854. The 4-page signature (including pp. 3-6) contain¬ 
ing this presentation was printed sometime before 
December 1854 although the text appeared first in The 
Pacific, a newspaper published in San Francisco, short¬ 
ly after the meeting. The newspaper columns were then 
rearranged and the 4-page signature, in Proceed-ings 
style, was probably issued just a few days following the 
meeting at which the paper was presented. 
The article was reprinted in 1873 (pp. 3-4) in what has 
become known as the “Second edition,” in which the 
original text was reset so that there is some discrepancy 
in pagination with the original publication (see com¬ 
ments by R.E.C Steams, 1873, Prefatory Note to This 
Editon. PCAS, 2nd ed., 1:[unnumbered p. 1]).) 
[136] Ayres, William Orville. 1854. [Descriptions of new 
species of Sebastes], Proceedings of the California 
Academy of Natural Sciences, ser. 1, l(l):5-6. 
(Presented at the Academy meeting held on 11 
September 1854. The 4-page signature (including pp. 
3- 6) containing this presentation was printed sometime 
before December 1854 although the text appeared first 
in The Pacific, a newspaper published in San Francisco, 
shortly after the meeting (15 September 1854). The 
newspaper columns were then rearranged and the 
4- page signature, in Proceedings style, was probably 
issued just a few days following the meeting at which 
the paper was presented. 
The article was reprinted in 1873 (pp. 5-6) in what has 
become known as the “Second edition,” in which the 
original text was reset so that there is some discrepancy 
in pagination with the original publication (see com¬ 
ments by R.E.C Steams, 1873, Prefatory Note to This 
Editon. PCAS, 2nd ed., 1:[unnumbered p. 1]).) 
[137] Ayres, William Orville. 1854. [Further comments on 
fish species found in the San Francisco markets]. 
Proceedings of the California Academy of Natural 
Sciences, ser. 1, l(l):7-8. 
(Presented at the Academy meeting held on 18 
September 1854. The 4-page signature (including pp. 
7-10) containing this presentation was printed sometime 
before December 1854 although the text appeared first 
in The Pacific, a newspaper published in San Francisco, 
shortly after the meeting (22 September 1854). The 
newspaper columns were then rearranged and the 
4-page signature, in Proceedings style, was probably 
issued just a few days following the meeting at which 
the paper was presented. 
The article was reprinted in 1873 (pp. 7-8) in what has 
become known as the “Second edition,” in which the 
original text was reset so that there is some discrepancy 
in pagination with the original publication (see com¬ 
ments by R.E.C Steams, 1873, Prefatory Note to This 
Editon. PCAS, 2nd ed., 1:[unnumbered p. 1]).) 
[138] Ayres, William Orville. 1854. [Descriptions of two 
new fishes, Morrhua California and Grystes lineatus ]. 
Proceedings of the California Academy of Natural 
Sciences, ser. 1, 1(1):9-10. 
(Presented at the Academy meeting held on 2 October 
1854. The 4-page signature (including pp. 7-10) con¬ 
taining this presentation was printed sometime before 
December 1854 although the text appeared first in The 
Pacific, a newspaper published in San Francisco, short¬ 
ly after the meeting (6 October 1854). The newspaper 
columns were then rearranged and the 4-page signature, 
in Proceedings style, was probably issued just a few 
days following the meeting at which the paper was pre¬ 
sented. 
The article was reprinted in 1873 (pp. 8-10) in what has 
become known as the “Second edition,” in which the 
original text was reset so that there is some discrepancy 
in pagination with the original publication (see com¬ 
ments by R.E.C Steams, 1873, Prefatory Note to This 
Editon. PCAS, 2nd ed., 1:[unnumbered p. 1]).) 
[139] Ayres, William Orville. 1854. [Description of a new 
species of fish, Clypeocottus robustus ]. Proceedings of 
the California Academy of Natural Sciences, ser. 1, 
1 ( 1 ): 11 - 12 . 
(Presented at the Academy meeting held on 9 October 
1854. The 4-page signature (including pp. 11-14) con¬ 
taining this presentation was printed sometime before 
December 1854 although the text appeared first in The 
Pacific, a newspaper published in San Francisco, short¬ 
ly after the meeting (13 October 1854). The newspaper 
columns were then rearranged and the 4-page signature, 
in Proceedings style, was probably issued just a few 
days following the meeting at which the paper was pre¬ 
sented. 
The article was reprinted in 1873 (pp. 10-11) in what has 
become known as the “Second edition,” in which the 
original text was reset so that there is some discrepancy 
in pagination with the original publication (see com¬ 
ments by R.E.C Steams, 1873, Prefatory Note to This 
Editon. PCAS, 2nd ed., 1:[unnumbered p. 1]).) 
[140] Ayres, William Orville. 1854. [Descriptions of some 
fish]. Proceedings of the California Academy of Natural 
Sciences, ser. 1, 1(1): 13-14. 
(Presented at the Academy meeting held on 23 October 
1854. The 4-page signature (including pp. 11-14) con¬ 
taining this presentation was printed sometime before 
