That poor jewel-coloured fairy basslet looks like a goner, at the mercy of a hungry nebulous lizardfish. Lizardfish are expert predators, burying their bodies in the sand, leaving only their eyes exposed to watch for prey. In this case, the lizardfish’s eyes were too big for its stomach, and it ended up spitting the basslet out because it was too much to swallow.
Image: Kjeld Friis