The Fish Names Thesaurus

Pagulayan, Santos, Omboy, Comia

for LIS 234 of Prof. M.G. Golfo

Introduction
The groups initial topics were: beauty
queen, crime and fish
After many deliberations, the group finally
decided to choose the term FISH NAMES

Introduction
Why fish names?
Unlike with the other considered terms, the
group believes that FISH NAMES is already
limiting and can still be narrowed down to
enable on-time submission of the project
Lyra, one of our groupmates, works for an
institute dealing with fishes, making our data
gathering a smooth process

Introduction
What terms are included in the thesaurus?
all kinds of fish (fresh and salt water fishes)
Aside from the names, it contains the family,
group, and other species of each listed fish
name

What are not included?

Non-fish name related terms

Reason behind this limitation/delimitation?

The thesaurus covers up to 10th level of NT.

The Outline of the Fish

Thesaurus
I. The Common Name (major)
II. The Scientific Name (major)
III. The Other Name (Local, Foreign, International
names) (major)
IV. The Other Related Species (English Names) (rel)
V. The Group (it belongs) (major)
VI. The Family (it belongs) (major)
VII. The Subfamily (it belongs) (rel)
VIII.The Order (it belongs) (major)

The Methodology
Methods of Data Gathering
Browsing hard print and online fish
databases, fish encyclopedia, .
Interview with the experts

Data Analysis
The group formulated terms relationships
through the use of BT, NT, RT, UF and SN
Pls see slides on relationships for more info

The Methodology
Resources
List of all sources

The Fish Name Thesaurus

Listed in alphabetic and hierarchical order
Covers 6 major sections and 2 peripheral
areas
Has (count all or primary terms lang?)
terms
Reaches up to 10th level of NT

Relationships
The relationships between the gathered
terms were sought through consideration
of:
equivalence
hierarchy
association

Constant discussion between the group

members

Relationships
Broader Term (BT) fields such as are
listed under this section
Narrower Term (NT) - fields such as
are listed under this section
Related Term (RT) - fields such as are
listed under this section
Used For (UF) fields such as are listed
under this section

Samples
Sardines
BT
Herrings
Sprats
Sardines
NT
Sardine
Sardinella sp.
Bulinaw (T)
Aber (I)
Bilis (I)
Tamban (I)
Haol-haol (V)
Tamban tuloy (V)
Amban tulog (V)
Tamban (V)
RT

Family Clupeidae
Order Clupeiformes

UF

Class Actinopterygii

Milk Fish
BT
NT

Ray-finned fishes
Chanos chanos
Bangus (T)
Awa (V)

RT

Order Gonorynchiformes milkfish

Family Chanidae

UF

Class Actinopterygii

Samples
Pipefishes and Seahorses
BT

Salmon
BT
salmon catfishes

Family Syngnathidae

NT

kabayo-kabayohan (T)
Dagum-dagum (V)
kulikog sa buaya (V)
kulkog (V)
kulkog-buaya (V)
Korikor (I)

UF

Class Syngnathiformes

RT

Family Synbranchiformes

NT

salmon catfish
Arius sp.
Kanduli (T)
Kanduli (B)
Kurilau (B)
Tabangongo (V)
Tabanko (V)

RT

Family Carangidae

Conclusions
Weakness and strengths