Ok, this is something that I came across recently and blew my mind. Definitely one of the craziest things I have seen in a while:
Now, there's not much info on the description of the video but apparently it is a "baby" fish, possible an eel, of the Elopomorpha super order which contains over 800 species of fish:
The superorder Elopomorpha contains a variety of types of fishes that range from typical silvery-colored species, such as the tarpons and ladyfishes of the Elopiformes and the bonefishes of the Albuliformes, to the long and slender, smooth-bodied eels of the Anguilliformes. The one characteristic uniting this group of fishes is they all have leptocephalus larvae, which are unique to the Elopomorpha. No other fishes have this type of larvae. Via Wikipedia
The body organs of leptocephalus are super tiny and they only have a simple tube for a gut. They also lack red blood cells in this stage and along with some other really unique features it is how they manage to be transparent. There's some great info here if you are curious and want to learn more! Really interesting stuff!
Here's also the description that comes with the video:
This large size leptocephalus must be a species of Muraenidae (moray eels), and probably the larva of a long thin ribbon eel, which is metamorphosing, not feeding, and is entering shallow water to finish metamorphosis into a young eel. (Larva identified by Michael J. Miller) Leptocephali are the unusual transparent larvae of eels and their close relatives. Because they are transparent they are so hard to spot and are hardly ever sighted. We were lucky enough to see one of them!! Filmed by Barry Haythorne and Rob Rutgers, HRF U/W Production
One thing is for sure. The guy who filmed this, is one lucky motherfucker to stumble upon such an amazing creature !
Here's another lucky encounter!
Dang!
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