Project 671 Yersy / Victor class - Nomenclature
Yersy - Scorpionfish
Scorpionfish are members of the family Scorpaenidae, which includes lionfish and stonefish. Scorpion-fish, or sea-scorpion or spotted rockfish (Scorpana), a genus or teleostean (acanthopterous) fishes, belonging to the Triglidae or gurnard family. Scorpionfishes are among the most widespread and numerous family of venomous fishes. Scorpionfishes are found in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. The majority of scorpionfishes reside in marine waters although some can be found in fresh and brackish waters. A large number of the scorpionfishes are venomous, having venom glands located in the dorsal, anal, and pelvic spines. Some scorpion fishes have internal fertilization and are live bearers.
Scorpionfishes typically exhibit a compressed body with a single notched dorsal fin and well developed pectoral fins. The head usually contains numerous spines and ridges. The first dorsal fin possesses eleven spines, the second dorsal possessing one spiny ray and nine or ten soft rays. The anal fin is short, and has three spines and five soft rays. Scorpaenidae is one of the largest families of fishes, comprising well over 150 species. The red scorpion-fish (Scorpcena scrofa) is a familiar form. The spotted scorpion-fish (S. porcus), a second species, occurs in the Mediterranean, the Atlantic, and the tropical seas. An example is the sculpin, a common near-shore scorpionfish species of southern California. The Scorpion fish was used in spell chanted by Truk Island swimmers in deep water to bring the scorpion fish up near the surface to serve as a screen between him and sharks.
The sculpin is the most venomous member of the scorpionfish family in California. Its dorsal, pelvic and anal fin spines are associated with venom glands and are capable of causing an extremely painful wound. Penetration of the skin by any of these spines is followed almost immediately by intense and excruciating pain in the area of the wound. The body of the sculpin is stocky and slightly compressed. The head and mouth are large, as are the pectoral fins. The color is red to brown, with dark blotches and spotting over the body and fins. The sculpin occurs between Uncle Sam Bank, Baja California, and Santa Cruz, California, with an isolated population in the Gulf of California.
Semga - Steelhead
Semga is Russian for several types of trout or salmon. The Family Salmonidse includes Coreqonus clupeiformis (common whitefish), Oncorhynchus tschawytscha (quinnat salmon), Salmo irideus (rainbow trout), Salmo sebago (landlocked salmon), Salmo salar (common Atlantic salmon), Saluelinus fontinalis (brook trout), and Cristiuomer namaycush (Mackinaw trout). The fishes of the Suborder Isospondyli include many of the most important food and game fishes, such as Tarpons, Trouts and Salmons, and the Herrings and Sardines. They are distinguished from the Ostariophysi by having the four anterior vertebrae of the spinal column unaltered and separate, and from the Eels by the complete and well-developed skull. These characters, together with the soft-rayed dorsal fin and the cycloid scales - rounded in form and with smooth edges - also distinguish them from the Spiny-Rayed Fishes (Order Acanthopterygii.
Semga is Russian for Oncorhynchus mykiss , Rainbow trout or Kamchatka Steelhead. The so-called Rainbow Trout comprise several closely related species, and are noted for their gameness, dash, and beauty. In Kamchatka, resident river rainbow trout (mikizha is the Russian common name), estuarine rainbow trout (coastal), and steelhead trout (semga is the Russian common name) are a single genetic population as found on the Utholok River. They spawn together. Kamchatkan steelhead / rainbow were first mentioned in A Description of the Land of Kamchatka (Krasheninnikov 1755), whose work Pallas had cited in 1811 when describing steel-head under the name of Salmo purpuratus (Derzhavin 1929). But findings now suggest that the steelhead / rainbow (Salmo mykiss in Russiaand Oncorhynchus mykiss in North America) may not only have been first described in Kamchatka, but that the species may actually have originated there prior to eventual dispersal along the west coast of North America. Kamchatkan steelhead are sometimes known as The Ice Travelers: steelhead that make entry into Kamchatkan rivers coinciding with ice-up. It is thought that these steelhead continue to migrate under the ice during the early stages of Siberian winters - thus the romantic name.
Common Names in Russian for Salmo salar the Common Atlantic Salmon, are Amerikanskiy Atlanticheskiy Losos, Amerikanskiy Atlanticheskiy Losos, Losos, and Semga.
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