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(),
  ...
)

species_list: A vector of scientific names (each element as "genus species"). If empty, a table for all fish will be returned.
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
...: unused; for backwards compatibility only

a string of the validated names

if (FALSE) { # interactive()

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