Table S1.
Table of geographical distribution and trophic level of fish species recorded in the SIMP during BRUV surveys
| Species | Distribution | Trophic group |
| Abudefduf_bengalensis | Trop | Plank |
| Acanthistius_ocellatus | Temp | Carniv |
| Acanthopagrus_australis | Temp | Invert |
| Acanthurus_dussumieri | Trop | Grazer |
| Acanthurus_nigricauda | Trop | Grazer |
| Acanthurus_nigrofuscus | Trop | Grazer |
| Achoerodus_viridis | Temp | Invert |
| Aetobatus_narinari | Sub | Invert |
| Aluterus_monoceros | Sub | Invert |
| Anampses_caeruleopunctatus | Trop | Invert |
| Aplodactylus_lophodon | Temp | Browser |
| Apogon_limenus | Temp | Invert |
| Argyrosomus_hololepidotus | Sub | Carniv |
| Atypichthys_strigatus | Temp | Plank |
| Aulostomus_chinensis | Trop | Carniv |
| Austrolabrus_maculatus | Temp | Invert |
| Bodianus_frenchii | Sub | Invert |
| Bodianus_perditio | Sub | Invert |
| Brachaelurus_waddi | Trop | Invert |
| Canthigaster_callisterna | Temp | Invert |
| Carangoides_orthogrammus | Trop | Invert |
| Caranx_sexfasciatus | Trop | Carniv |
| Carcharias_taurus | Sub | Carniv |
| Centropogon_australis | Sub | Invert |
| Chaetodon_flavirostris | Trop | Invert |
| Chaetodon_guentheri | Trop | Invert |
| Chaetodontoplus_conspicillatus | Trop | Invert |
| Cheilodactylus_fuscus | Temp | Invert |
| Cheilodactylus_vestitus | Sub | Invert |
| Chelmonops_truncatus | Temp | Invert |
| Choerodon_venustus | Sub | Invert |
| Chromis_hypsilepis | Temp | Plank |
| Chromis_nitida | Trop | Plank |
| Cirrhilabrus_punctatus | Trop | Invert |
| Cirrhitichthys_aprinus | Trop | Invert |
| Coris_dorsomacula | Trop | Invert |
| Coris_picta | Sub | Invert |
| Dasyatis_brevicaudata | Temp | Invert |
| Dasyatis_thetidis | Sub | Invert |
| Dicotylichthys_punctulatus | Sub | Invert |
| Dinolestes_lewini | Temp | Carniv |
| Echeneis_naucrates | Sub | Invert |
| Enoplosus_armatus | Temp | Invert |
| Epinephelus_cyanopodus | Trop | Carniv |
| Epinephelus_daemelii | Sub | Carniv |
| Epinephelus_fasciatus | Trop | Carniv |
| Epinephelus_maculatus | Trop | Carniv |
| Epinephelus_undulatostriatus | Sub | Carniv |
| Eubalichthys_mosaicus | Temp | Invert |
| Eupetrichthys_angustipes | Temp | Invert |
| Girella_elevata | Temp | Browser |
| Glaucosoma_scapulare | Trop | Carniv |
| Gnathanodon_speciosus | Trop | Carniv |
| Gymnothorax_prasinus | Temp | Carniv |
| Gymnothorax_prionodon | Temp | Carniv |
| Gymnothorax_thyrsoidea | Trop | Carniv |
| Halichoeres_nebulosus | Trop | Invert |
| Heniochus_acuminatus | Trop | Plank |
| Heterodontus_galeatus | Temp | Invert |
| Hypnos_monopterygius | Temp | Invert |
| Hypoplectrodes_maccullochi | Temp | Carniv |
| Kyphosus_bigibbus | Trop | Browser |
| Labroides_dimidiatus | Trop | Invert |
| Latropiscis_purpurissatus | Sub | Invert |
| Lotella_rhacina | Temp | Carniv |
| Lutjanus_russelli | Trop | Carniv |
| Mecaenichthys_immaculatus | Sub | Plank |
| Meuschenia_flavolineata | Temp | Invert |
| Meuschenia_freycineti | Temp | Invert |
| Meuschenia_scaber | Temp | Invert |
| Meuschenia_trachylepis | Sub | Invert |
| Microcanthus_strigatus | Sub | Plank |
| Myliobatis_australis | Sub | Invert |
| Nelusetta_ayraudi | Sub | Carniv |
| Nemadactylus_douglasii | Temp | Invert |
| Notolabrus_gymnogenis | Temp | Invert |
| Ophthalmolepis_lineolata | Temp | Invert |
| Orectolobus_maculatus | Temp | Invert |
| Pagrus_auratus | Sub | Invert |
| Paracaesio_xanthura | Trop | Plank |
| Parapercis_ramsayi | Sub | Invert |
| Parapercis_stricticeps | Sub | Invert |
| Parma_unifasciata | Temp | Grazer |
| Parupeneus_spilurus | Trop | Invert |
| Pempheris_affinis | Temp | Plank |
| Pempheris_compressa | Temp | Plank |
| Pictilabrus_laticlavius | Temp | Invert |
| Platax_teira | Trop | Browser |
| Plectorhinchus_flavomaculatus | Trop | Invert |
| Pomacentrus_coelestis | Trop | Plank |
| Prionurus_maculatus | Sub | Grazer |
| Prionurus_microlepidotus | Sub | Grazer |
| Pseudocaranx_dentex | Temp | Carniv |
| Pseudolabrus_guentheri | Sub | Invert |
| Pseudolabrus_luculentus | Sub | Invert |
| Pterocaesio_digramma | Trop | Plank |
| Rachycentron_canadum | Sub | Carniv |
| Rhabdosargus_sarba | Trop | Invert |
| Sarda_australis | Sub | Carniv |
| Schuettea_scalaripinnis | Sub | Plank |
| Scorpaena_cardinalis | Temp | Invert |
| Scorpis_lineolata | Temp | Plank |
| Seriola_dumerili | Sub | Carniv |
| Seriola_hippos | Temp | Carniv |
| Seriola_lalandi | Sub | Carniv |
| Seriola_nigrofasciata | Trop | Carniv |
| Seriola_rivoliana | Sub | Carniv |
| Siganus_fuscescens | Trop and sub | Browser |
| Stethojulis_interrupta | Trop | Invert |
| Sufflamen_chrysopterus | Trop | Invert |
| Sufflamen_fraenatus | Trop | Invert |
| Synodus_jaculum | Trop | Invert |
| Thalassoma_lunare | Trop | Invert |
| Thalassoma_lutescens | Trop | Invert |
| Trachinops_taeniatus | Temp | Plank |
| Trachurus_novaezelandiae | Sub | Plank |
| Trachypoma_macracanthus | Sub | Carniv |
| Upeneichthys_lineatus | Sub | Invert |
| Zanclus_cornutus | Trop | Invert |
Fishes were categorized as tropical, subtropical, or temperate based on their distributions sourced from FishBase (www.fishbase.org/). Fishes were also assigned to trophic groups using dietary tables from FishBase and other resources (54). Browser, herbivore consumer of macroalgae; Carniv, carnivore; Grazer, herbivore or detritivore consumer of turf and epilithic algae; Invert, invertivore; Plank, planktivore; Sub, subtropical; Temp, temperate; Trop, tropical; Trophic, trophic group.