Data from: Deciphering complex coral reef soundscapes with spatial audio and 360° video

Coral reef soundscapes hold a wealth of biodiversity information. While
they are easy to record, they are difficult to decipher because we know
little about which sounds are made by which species. With identified fish
sounds, acoustic monitoring can directly inform biodiversity metrics,
detect indicator or invasive species, identify behavioral events, and
estimate abundance at temporal and spatial scales that are impossible with
methods like eDNA or visual surveys. The missing link, knowing which
sounds come from which species, is exceedingly difficult to establish with
fish, especially on a species-rich coral reef. Using a novel
method to visualize in situ underwater sound, we have developed a
technique that combines visualizations of spatial audio with concentric
360° video recordings, a combination not previously accomplished
underwater. Using this technique, we have identified and assigned sounds
to 46 species. This is the most extensive collection of natural sounds of
fishes ever published. This data repository contains all of the recordings
referenced in our manuscript. These are exported as data specimens. Each
data specimen contains video from the camera with an overlay of the sound
field visualization and a spectrogram visualization of the sound. Each
video also contains a synchronous audio channel. In total, there are 156
media specimens from 46 species.