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Topic: Snipe Eel

Chris, can you check the eveything is okay with 'Snipe Eel' - on your UKSI Toolbox the TVK NHMSYS0000532667 (the fish) has the TK NBNSYS0000170778 (the bird). Is this correct? (what's the TK ? :))

Charlie Barnes
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Re: Snipe Eel

Hi Charlie

That looks fine to me - the TK for both uses of the name "Snipe" are the same (NBNSYS0000170778) but they are used by 2 different TVKs, which are the actual unique identifiers for how the name-string is being used :)

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Re: Snipe Eel

Thanks Chris - I'll have to add 'Snipe' to 'Redshank' as my list of things not to record!

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Re: Snipe Eel

Yes, that one was new to me but vernacular homonyms probably happen as often as scientific generic homonyms! ;)

This case just illustrates quite well the pitfalls that even I have fallen down with things like "Magpie", which cropped up recently. The name-string "Magpie" can legitimately be used for both the bird and the moth (and a duck) but each use of the name-string in association with a different taxonomic group or rank will trigger the use of a different TVK. If I ever modify a name string I have to be careful to check whether that name-string might already be used on another taxon to avoid modifying both of them by mistake! ;)

Chris Raper, Manager of the UK Species Inventory, Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity,
Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD.  (tel: 020 7942 5894)
also Tachinid Recording Scheme (http://tachinidae.org.uk/)