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rcatfish (version 1.0.0)

An R Interface to the California Academy of Sciences Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes

Description

Accesses the California Academy of Sciences Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes in R using web requests. The Catalog of fishes is the leading authority in fish taxonomy. Functions in the package allow users to search for fish taxa and valid names, retrieve taxonomic references, retrieve monthly taxonomic changes, obtain natural history collection information, and see the number of species by taxonomic group. For more information on the Catalog: Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & R. van der Laan (eds) 2025. ESCHMEYER'S CATALOG OF FISHES .

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Install

install.packages('rcatfish')

Version

1.0.0

License

GPL (>= 2)

Maintainer

Samuel Borstein

Last Published

February 3rd, 2026

Functions in rcatfish (1.0.0)

rcatfish_classification

Access the Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes Classification
rcatfish_glossary

Access the Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes Glossary
rcatfish_references

Search for references in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes
rcatfish_species_by

Find number of available fish names, number of valid species, and number of descriptions in the last 10 years by family or subfamily
rcatfish_updates

Access catalog changes and additions
rcatfish_collections

Accesses the Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes Guide to Fish Collections
rcatfish_journals

Search for journals in the Catalog of Fishes
rcatfish_version

Retrieve the current version Number of the Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes Being Used
rcatfish_search

Search for genera and species in the Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes