icesVocab (version 1.3.1)

findAphia: Find Aphia Code

Description

Look up Aphia code for a given species.

Usage

findAphia(species, latin = FALSE, regex = FALSE, full = FALSE)

Value

A vector of Aphia codes (default) or a data frame if full is TRUE.

Arguments

species

the species name, either in English (default) or Latin.

latin

whether the species name is in Latin.

regex

whether to match the species name as a regular expression.

full

whether to return a data frame with all species columns.

Author

Arni Magnusson.

Details

Species name matches are case-insensitive.

See Also

getCodeList can be used to get all Aphia codes; see example on that help page.

icesVocab-package gives an overview of the package.

Examples

if (FALSE) {
findAphia("cod")
findAphia("Gadus morhua", latin = TRUE)

# Multiple matches
findAphia(c("cod", "haddock", "saithe"))

# Regular expressions
findAphia("ray", regex = TRUE, full = TRUE)
findAphia("Sebastes", latin = TRUE, regex = TRUE, full = TRUE)
}