common_to_sci: common_to_sci

In rfishbase: R Interface to 'FishBase'

common_to_sci

Description

Return a list of scientific names corresponding to given the common name(s).

Usage

common_to_sci(
  x,
  Language = "English",
  server = c("fishbase", "sealifebase"),
  version = "latest",
  db = NULL
)

Arguments

x	a common name or list of common names
Language	a string specifying the language for the common name, e.g. "English"
server	Either "fishbase" or "sealifebase".
version	a version string for the database. See available_releases() for details.
db	database connection, now deprecated.

Details

If more than one scientific name matches the common name (e.g. "trout"), the function will simply return a list of all matching scientific names. If given more than one common name, the resulting strings of matching scientific names are simply concatenated.

Value

a character vector of scientific names

See Also

synonyms

Examples

common_to_sci(c("Bicolor cleaner wrasse", "humphead parrotfish"), Language="English")
common_to_sci(c("Coho Salmon", "trout"))

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