| Many fish respond passively to a human hand, preferably ungloved, and it proved a simple task to shepherd the boarfish gently from its refuge. |
| Red boarfish probably scatter their eggs in the open water, and the larvae probably drift in open water. |
| On my first dive with new digital camera housing in South Harbour at the Poor Knights Islands I encounter a striped boarfish with a long-finned boarfish. |
| Other species of note observed included goldflag snapper, greater amberjack, large-head scorpionfish, dawn boarfish, shortspine spurdog, and numerous carcharhinid sharks. |
