If fish could speak, this little fellow would no doubt be saying his prayers (between gulps).

Clamped in the beak of a kingfisher, he has only moments to live before a final journey down the predator's throat.

Last supper: The fish appears to be terrified as it takes its final breath trapped in the beak of the kingfisher.

This was the climax of a thrilling sequence of action captured on camera by wildlife photographer Ilia Shalamaev.