A reef lizardfish trying to eat a type of flounder (angler flatfish).

The flounder proved to be too large, and the lizardfish let go eventually.

(Magic Crack, Lembeh Strait, Sulawesi, Indonesia)

fish; lizardfish; reef lizardfish; variegated lizardfish; Chordata; Osteichthyes; Aulopiformes; Synodontidae; Synodus variegatus; eating; feeding behavior, lefteye flounder; angler flatfish; Pleuronectiformes; Bothidae; Asterorhombus fijiensis, South Pacific