While snorkeling in Shikine island in Japan I took the following video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfhAf1MQ5L4
I was wondering what kind of fish it could be, until a friend showed me a video with exactly the very same two guys showing up. The location is actually not very far from where I went.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wq7W3vi5Bbc
Leptocephalus it is I thought... except that it does not really look like other pics or videos of leptocephali that I have found.
A leptocephalus is the larva of an eel, and is a long transparent fish. But if you look a the picture (taken from my video) below, it seems that there is nothing between the two strings, where the (transparent but visible) body of the leptocephalus should be. The absence of body between the strings is kind of confirmed by the swimming style of the fish. Also, I think that there is a caudal fin.
Can anyone guess what these strange but beautiful fishes are?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfhAf1MQ5L4
I was wondering what kind of fish it could be, until a friend showed me a video with exactly the very same two guys showing up. The location is actually not very far from where I went.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wq7W3vi5Bbc
Leptocephalus it is I thought... except that it does not really look like other pics or videos of leptocephali that I have found.
A leptocephalus is the larva of an eel, and is a long transparent fish. But if you look a the picture (taken from my video) below, it seems that there is nothing between the two strings, where the (transparent but visible) body of the leptocephalus should be. The absence of body between the strings is kind of confirmed by the swimming style of the fish. Also, I think that there is a caudal fin.
Can anyone guess what these strange but beautiful fishes are?
