installed package name doesnt match

There appears to be some discrepancy between the pip package name and the name of the installed package
Both prometheus_client and prometheus-client appear to be valid names to install the package

python3 -m pip index versions prometheus-client
WARNING: pip index is currently an experimental command. It may be removed/changed in a future release without prior warning.
prometheus-client (0.20.0)

python3 -m pip index versions prometheus_client
WARNING: pip index is currently an experimental command. It may be removed/changed in a future release without prior warning.
prometheus_client (0.20.0)

but the actual installed package is named prometheus_client

prometheus_client      0.20.0

and the files on disk reflect that name

ll /usr/local/lib/python3.8/dist-packages
total 32
 4096 Feb 27 10:26 ./
 4096 Jun 27  2022 ../
 4096 Feb 27 10:26 pip/
 4096 Feb 27 10:26 pip-24.0.dist-info/
 4096 Feb 27 10:26 prometheus_client/
 4096 Feb 27 10:26 prometheus_client-0.20.0.dist-info/

All the documentation suggest using

pip install prometheus-client

but that name doesn't match what is output from pip list
which in my case causes problem for automation scripts as the name in the list of installed packages does not match the name of the package to be installed

which name is the correct one?
why does the package name not match the installed package name on disk or in pip list

まず、pip が使用するディストリビューション名と、レポートに示されている import/package ディレクトリを比較します。インストールに正しい名前がどれかを明確にし、その違いをドキュメントで説明したうえで、再現可能な pip index と pip list のチェックにより自動化への影響を検証します。