Woah!

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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@trumpman, Yak is also amazed to be honest! The fish is completely transparent. Previously, I somehow saw such a plan video about life under water. Perhaps you remember this Jean Yves Cousteau. He was a great lover of the oceans and seas and always showed all these beauties to the audience. There were whole series of programs.🐡🐠🐟🦈🤗

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🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐠🐠🐠🐡🐡🐡

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Ocean always surprise with it's new discoveries.

This literally Blew my mind like how is that even possible :! At first I thought it's an animation.

Thanks for bringing this stuff here. Way too much fascinating.

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Obviously rare and you cannot blame overfishing either as there is nothing to eat on that. It's body reminds me of a fishing net and was thinking please eat something so I can see how the body works.

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I think it only eats particles at this stage , so there's not much to see 😂

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Wait... This is so cool. I try not to geek out at your finds but wow. It looks like a conscious smoke of a still green blunt or a real-life ribbon!

How can something so translucent have a life? Nature is vastly intriguing. Thank you so much for sharing this... Too fascinated to keep calm xD

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They look like sperms without microscope. Where do you get these crazy stuff!! 🤣💦

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That's nice video. The Ocean is always full of nature !

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That fish is practically invisible. It's amazing that someone could film it.

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That is wicked cool. You find some very interesting things to watch on YouTube. Thanks for sharing that.👍

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I love this video, I love to see new things. So many things is happening in this world. Thanks for sharing

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Yeah this fucking video has made my day and thanks for sharing.

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@trumpman I watched the video and came to an interesting conclusion. We need to start an aquarium at home🤣. When you look at the life of fish, it is calming.

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