def fetch_aliases(self, seq_id, current_only=True, translate_ncbi_namespace=None):
        """return list of alias annotation records (dicts) for a given seq_id"""
        return [dict(r) for r in self.find_aliases(seq_id=seq_id,
                                                   current_only=current_only,
                                                   translate_ncbi_namespace=translate_ncbi_namespace)]
return list of alias annotation records (dicts) for a given seq_id