user69: When considering previously tagged birds and fish that I have renamed to their respective 'ologies' (ornithology and ichthyology) in order to match the format of the 38 other ologies.  I feel that this will be of greater use in attracting experts in fields as these are the search terms they are more likely to use.
However this means that users who don't know the study formal names will struggle to find the tags.  This leaves us, I suppose, with two options (though other suggestions would be very happily received).

Add synonyms for all the ologies.  This would be the most user friendly for new users without in depth knowledge of scientific fields but would be the most intensive in the short run and it may be used extremely rarely.  
Manually re-tag as incorrect tags appear.  This requires nil effort in the short term, however doesn't provide the benefits of automatically remapping for new users.  For example those users without the create new tag privilege may be unable to find the correct tag and either use an entirely wrong one or use really wide tags instead.  

Which option sounds better? 

user154: Synonyms
I prefer this approach.

69: <p>When considering previously tagged <a href="https://biology.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/birds" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;birds&#39;" rel="tag">birds</a> and <a href="https://biology.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/fish" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;fish&#39;" rel="tag">fish</a> that I have renamed to their respective 'ologies' (<a href="https://biology.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/ornithology" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;ornithology&#39;" rel="tag">ornithology</a> and <a href="https://biology.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/ichthyology" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;ichthyology&#39;" rel="tag">ichthyology</a>) in order to match the format of the 38 other ologies.  I feel that this will be of greater use in attracting experts in fields as these are the search terms they are more likely to use.</p>

<p>However this means that users who don't know the study formal names will struggle to find the tags.  This leaves us, I suppose, with two options (though other suggestions would be very happily received).</p>

<ol>
<li><strong>Add synonyms for all the ologies</strong>.  This would be the most user friendly for new users without in depth knowledge of scientific fields but would be the most intensive in the short run and it may be used extremely rarely.  </li>
<li><strong>Manually re-tag as incorrect tags appear</strong>.  This requires nil effort in the short term, however doesn't provide the benefits of automatically remapping for new users.  For example those users without the create new tag privilege may be unable to find the correct tag and either use an entirely wrong one or use really wide tags instead.  </li>
</ol>

<p>Which option sounds better? </p>
 154: <p>Synonyms</p>

<p>I prefer this approach.</p>
