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  • This is a lizardfish (Synodus sp.) that has just caught a butterflyfish (Chaetodon sp.). Lizardfish are ambush predators. They lie in wait on the bottom, often perched at a slight angle, such that the fish looks up into the water column. When potential prey passes overhead, the lizardfish darts up in the blink of an eye to grab its meal. While some fish do get away, the many sharp, backward-pointing teeth in a lizardfish’s mouth make escape difficult.
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  • These variegated lizardfish (Synodus variegatus) have come together in preparation for spawning. There were dozens in the area. Spawning takes place in the evening, with a female rushing towarding the surface, males following.
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  • Reef lizardfish (Synodus variegatus) eating a Bennett’s sharpnose puffer (Canthigaster bennetti). Lembeh Strait, Indonesia
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  • Lizardfish (Synodus sp.) with a mouthful of sharp teeth, lurking among the rubble and muck of the Lembeh Strait in North Sulawesi, Indonesia, ready to ambush prey.
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  • Well camouflaged lizardfish (Synodus sp.) on the sand, waiting to ambush prey
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  • Close-up view of a lizardfish's (Synodus sp.) sharp teeth. Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia
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  • Juvenile lizardfish (Synodontidae), about 2cm long, encountered during a blackwater night dive in Palau. The second dorsal fin is an adipose fin (with no rays in it).
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  • Lizardfish getting cleaned by a cleaner wrasse, visible to the right, behind the lizardfish
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  • Lizardfish holding its mouth open and gills flared to be cleaned by a cleaner wrasse
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  • A trio of extremely large, fat lizardfish sitting under the large wharf at Samarai island in Milne Bay
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  • Head-on view of a variegated lizardifsh (Synodus variegatus)
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