I used to see California lizardfish like this one when I started beach diving about 11 years ago. They disappeared after a couple of years, but are back now in large numbers. Lizardfish might be harbingers of another El Nino, since the strongest El Nino in recent years was at about that time, 1998. They are stealth predators and hunt by sight, very aware of their environments and very wary. Lizardfish like to cover themselves with sand, although not so much as halibut and angel sharks: the larger stealth predators.