rfishbase (version 2.1.2)

species_list: species_list

Description

Return the a species list given a taxonomic group

Usage

species_list(Class = NULL, Order = NULL, Family = NULL,
  SubFamily = NULL, Genus = NULL, Species = NULL, SpecCode = NULL,
  SpeciesRefNo = NULL, all_taxa = load_taxa())

Arguments

Class

Request all species in this taxonomic Class

Order

Request all species in this taxonomic Order

Family

Request all species in this taxonomic Family

SubFamily

Request all species in this taxonomic SubFamily

Genus

Request all species in this taxonomic Genus

Species

Request all species in this taxonomic Species

SpecCode

Request species name of species matching this SpecCode

SpeciesRefNo

Request species name of all species matching this SpeciesRefNo

all_taxa

The data.frame of all taxa used for the lookup. By default will be loaded from cache if available, otherwise must be downloaded from the server; about 13 MB, may be slow.

Details

The first time the function is called it will download and cache the complete

Examples

# NOT RUN {
## All species in the Family 
  species_list(Family = 'Scaridae')
## All species in the Genus 
  species_list(Genus = 'Labroides')
# }