iNaturalist data on South American ray-finned fish

Cleaned dataset of South American ray-finned fish from iNaturalist platform with classified observations based on the status of the fish (live/dead), characteristics of the species (taxonomy and habitat) and the circumstances of the observation (e.g., fishing or diving). Species attributes compiled from fishbase are also provided for each observation. Two appendices are available with summarized data by species and maps with distribution of observations by orders.