common_to_sci {rfishbase} | R Documentation |
Return a list of scientific names corresponding to given the common name(s).
common_to_sci(
x,
Language = "English",
server = c("fishbase", "sealifebase"),
version = "latest",
db = NULL
)
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 |
db |
database connection, now deprecated. |
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.
a character vector of scientific names
common_to_sci(c("Bicolor cleaner wrasse", "humphead parrotfish"), Language="English")
common_to_sci(c("Coho Salmon", "trout"))