Data from: Assessing the utility of eDNA as a tool to survey reef-fish communities in the Red Sea

Unfiltered 16S fish mitochondrial DNA sequences amplified from seawater samples collected in the Red SeaUnfiltered 16S fish mitochondrial DNA sequences amplified from seawater samples collected at inshore, midshore, and offshore coral reefs, as well as a boat harbor along the central Red Sea coastline near Thuwal, Saudi Arabia. File names are structured as follows: sequencingrun_gene_samplesource_sitename_sampleID_forwardMIDtag_reverseMIDtag. Example: FTP77_Fish16S_Water_TahlaNorthExposed_AWFSF151469_F750_R637.Unfiltered_sequences_16Sfish_eDNA_RedSea_CoralReefs_DiBattista_et_al_2017.zip