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WIO-ReefFish: A High-Resolution Dataset for Taxon-Aware Coral Reef Fish Detection in the Western Indian Ocean

WIO-ReefFish, a reef fish detection dataset derived from diver-operated line-intercept transects and designed for ecological monitoring under natural survey conditions, is presented and established as a realistic benchmark for automated reef fish detection and a foundation for more robust computer-vision tools in coral reef biodiversity monitoring.