Alex Mustard / Reef lizardifsh (Synodus variegatus) at a cleaning station, being cleaned by Holthuis anemone shrimps (Ancylomenes holthuisi). Bitung, North Sulawesi, Indonesia. Lembeh Strait, Molucca Sea.

Pascal Kobeh / Bluestriped lizardfish (Synodus saurus) laying on the bottom, Canary Islands

Pascal Kobeh / Bluestriped lizardfish (Synodus saurus) laying on the sandy bottom, Canary Islands

Alex Mustard / Group of five reef lizardifsh (Synodus variegatus) waiting in ambush. These were perched on the highest point of a coral reef attempting to catch schooling baitfish above. Bitung, North Sulawesi, Indo...

David Fleetham / Orangemouth lizardfish (Saurida flamma), close up of head. Hawaii.

Richard Robinson / Clearfin Lizardfish (Synodus dermatogenys) camouflaged on sand, Namuka-i-Lau Island lagoon, Lau Island Group, Fiji.

Richard Robinson / Capricorn lizardfish (Synodus capricornis) at Yagasa Lagoon, Lau Island Group, Fiji.

Richard Robinson / Clearfin Lizardfish (Synodus dermatogenys) Walpole Island, New Caledonia.

Bert Willaert / Variegated lizardfish (Synodus variegatus), Bismarck Sea, Vitu Islands, West New Britain, Papua New Guinea

Bert Willaert / Pair of Variegated lizardfish (Synodus variegatus), Kimbe Bay, West New Britain, Papua New Guinea

Bert Willaert / Clearfin lizardfish (Synodus dermatogenys) on top of hard coral. Kimbe Bay, West New Britain, Papua New Guinea

Bert Willaert / Variegated lizardfish (Synodus variegatus), Bismarck Sea, Vitu Islands, West New Britain, Papua New Guinea

Bert Willaert / Variegated lizardfish (Synodus variegatus), Bismarck Sea, Vitu Islands, West New Britain, Papua New Guinea

Franco Banfi / Variegated lizardfish (Synodus variegatus), Aldabra Atoll, Natural World Heritage Site, Seychelles, Indian Ocean.

Tony Wu / Lizardfish (Synodus sp.) close up of sharp teeth, Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia

Tony Wu / Reef lizardfish (Synodus variegatus) eating a Bennett's sharpnose puffer (Canthigaster bennetti) Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia

Pete Oxford / Reef lizardfish (Synodus variegatus) Coral Reef, Koro Island, Fiji, South Pacific.

Pascal Kobeh / Variegated lizardfish (Synodus variegatus) buried in the sand, Maldives. Indian Ocean.

Pascal Kobeh / Bluestriped lizardfish (Synodus saurus) resting on bottom, Gozo Island, Malta. Mediterranean Sea.

Alex Mustard / Lizardfish (Synodus synodus) eating a damselfish. Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain. East Atlantic Ocean.

Michael Pitts / Sand lizard fish (Synodus dermatogenys) taken at night with fluorescent light and yellow filter. Maldives.

Tony Wu / Variegated lizardfish (Synodus variegatus) regrouped in preparation for spawning, when females rush toward surface in evening with male following. East China Sea, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan.

Roland Seitre / Variegated lizardfish (Synodus variegatus) Diani Beach, Mombassa, Kenya.

Roland Seitre / Variegated lizardfish (Synodus variegatus) Diani Beach, Mombassa, Kenya.

Sergio Hanquet / Atlantic lizardfish (Synodus saurus) head portrait, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Atlantic Ocean.

Henley Spiers / Reef lizardfish (Synodus variegatus) with a cleaner shrimp, probably Holthuis' anemone shrimp (Ancylomenes holthuisi), standing on its head, Negros Oriental, Philippines, Pacific Ocean.

Magnus Lundgren / Llizardfish (Synodontidae sp.) eye detail, Triton Bay, West Papua, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean.

Sergio Hanquet / Fish larva (Synodus sp.) zooplankton, Canary Islands. Atlantic ocean.

Magnus Lundgren / Larval lizardfish (Synodontidae) Balayan Bay from Anilao, Mabini, Batangas, the Philippines.

Tony Wu / Lizardfish (Synodus sp) with Butterflyfish (Chaetodon sp.) prey in mouth, on sea floor. Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Sergio Hanquet / Lizardfish (Synodus synodus) trying to eat a scorpionfish, Tenerife.

Claudio Contreras / Sand diver lizardfish (Synodus intermedius), Cienaga de Zapata National Park, Matanzas Province, Cuba.