also including #281

openvax · Feb 15, 2023 · 3afdd5d · 3afdd5d
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diff --git a/pyensembl/species.py b/pyensembl/species.py
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ def normalize_species_name(name):
 def find_species_by_name(species_name):
     latin_name = normalize_species_name(species_name)
     if latin_name not in Species._latin_names_to_species:
-        raise ValueError("Species not found: %s" % species_name)
+        raise ValueError("Species not found: %s, for non-Ensembl data see https://github.com/openvax/pyensembl#non-ensembl-data" % (species_name,))
     return Species._latin_names_to_species[latin_name]