<P> For collective nouns for various subjects see list of collective nouns (e.g. a flock of sheep, pack of wolves) </P> <P> Some organizations have created official lists of common names, or guidelines for creating common names, hoping to standardize the use of common names . </P> <P> For example, the Australian Fish Names List or AFNS was compiled through a process involving work by taxonomic and seafood industry experts, drafted using the CAAB (Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota) taxon management system of the CSIRO, and including input through public and industry consultations by the Australian Fish Names Committee (AFNC). The AFNS has been an official Australian Standard since July 2007 and has existed in draft form (The Australian Fish Names List) since 2001 . Seafood Services Australia (SSA) serve as the Secretariat for the AFNC . SSA is an accredited Standards Australia (Australia's peak non-government standards development organisation) Standards Development </P> <P> A set of guidelines for the creation of English names for birds was published in The Auk in 1978 . It gave rise to Birds of the World: Recommended English Names and its Spanish and French companions . </P>

Why are common names not good reference to a species