Chris Newbert / Beaufort's Crocodilefish (Cymbacephalus beauforti) 40 feet deep, Solomon Islands

Chris Newbert / Beaufort's Crocodilefish (Cymbacephalus beauforti) detail of scales

Birgitte Wilms / Beaufort's Crocodilefish (Cymbacephalus beauforti) detail of scales, 50 feet deep, Solomon Islands

Chris Newbert / Flathead (Platycephalus sp) close-up of eyes, Red Sea, Egypt

Fred Bavendam / Beaufort's Crocodilefish (Cymbacephalus beauforti) camouflaged on ocean floor waiting for prey, Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea

Fred Bavendam / Beaufort's Crocodilefish (Cymbacephalus beauforti) camouflaged on coral, Lembeh Strait, Indonesia

Pete Oxford / Beaufort's Crocodilefish (Cymbacephalus beauforti), Banda Sea, Indonesia

Franco Banfi / Carpet flathead (Papilloculiceps longiceps) camouflaged on the seabed, Strait of Gubal, Red Sea, Egypt.

Magnus Lundgren / Camouflaged eye detail of a huge Crocodilefish (Cymbacephalus beauforti), Triton Bay, West Papua, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean.

Shane Gross / Crocodile fish (Cymbacephalus beauforti), ambush predator camouflaged and partially buried in sand on sea floor. Marsa Alam, Egypt.

Shane Gross / Red lionfish (Pterois volitans), two on sea floor beside Crocodile fish (Cymbacephalus beauforti), an ambush predator camouflaged and hidden. Marsa Alam, Egypt.

Georgette Douwma / Crocodile flathead (Cymbacephalus sp.) Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.