Fish occurrence data in the Terminos Lagoon, Campeche

Information on fish species occurrence data is provided, belonging to the Terminos Lagoon coastal ecosystem, southern Gulf of Mexico, during the years 1980-1981, 1998-1999, 2010-2011, and 2016-2017. The information forms part of a compilation of four datasets mostly derived from the sampled material by the research program on tropical fishery resources of the “Instituto de Ecologia, Pesquerias y Oceanografia del Golfo de Mexico, Universidad Autonoma de Campeche (EPOMEX-UAC)”. The current dataset represents the first and most comprehensive open-access source of information corresponding to the fish assemblages occurring along the Terminos Lagoon ecosystem.