validate_names

Check for alternate versions of a scientific name and return the scientific names FishBase recognizes as valid

Usage

validate_names(
  species_list,
  server = getOption("FISHBASE_API", "fishbase"),
  version = get_latest_release(),
  db = default_db(),
  ...
)

Arguments

species_list

A vector of scientific names (each element as "genus species"). If empty, a table for all fish will be returned.

server

Either "fishbase" or "sealifebase".

version

a version string for the database. See available_releases() for details.

db

database connection, now deprecated.

...

additional arguments, currently ignored

Value

a string of the validated names

Examples

if (FALSE) { # interactive()

  # \donttest{
validate_names("Abramites ternetzi")
# }
}