suggest_names: Suggest correct names for invalid scientific names

In cfree14/freeR: Miscellaneous functions in R

Suggest correct names for invalid scientific names

Description

Suggests correct names for invalid scientific names of marine fish and invertebrates. The function first suggests valid synonyms on FishBase and SeaLifeBase. If no valid synonyms are available, the function suggests potential names by fuzzy matching the available FishBase/SeaLifeBase names. The function is essentially an extension of rfishbase::validate_names() but produces a more organized and thorough output.

Usage

suggest_names(species)

Arguments

species

A character vector of species scientific names

Value

A list of suggestions of correct scientific names for invalid scientific names.

Examples

# Suggest scientific names for invalid scientific names
species <- c("Neoplatycephalus richardsoni", "Tetrapturus albidus", "Gadus morhuaa", "Loligo pealeii")
suggest_names(species)

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