returns species names given FishBase's SpecCodes
species_names( codes, server = getOption("FISHBASE_API", "fishbase"), version = get_latest_release(), db = default_db() )
Arguments
| codes | a vector of speccodes (e.g. column from a table) |
|---|---|
| server | can be set to either "fishbase" or "sealifebase" to switch between databases. NOTE: it is usually easier to leave this as NULL and set the source instead using the environmental variable `FISHBASE_API`, e.g. `Sys.setenv(FISHBASE_API="sealifebase")`. |
| version | a version string for the database, will default to the latest release. see [get_releases()] for details. |
| db | the |
Value
A character vector of species names for the SpecCodes