WEIRED! STUNNED FISHERMAN CATCHES COMPLETELY SEE-THROUGH FISH (PHOTOS)

A fisherman in waters north of New Zealand came across an odd-looking,
translucent sea creature swimming on the surface. Curious, he caught
the creature--presumably scooping it up with a net--to get a closer
look.
It was described as a see-through, shrimp-like creature by the U.K. MailOnline.
"It felt scaly and was quite firm, almost jelly like, and you couldn't
see anything inside aside from this orange little blob inside it,"
fisherman Stewart Fraser told MailOnline.
Fraser, who had been fishing with sons Conaugh and Finn 43 miles north
of the Karikari Peninsula, took photos and shared them with his
fishing buddies, none of whom could identify the sea creature.
"We have no idea what it could have been, but it was quite something,
and I'd never seen anything like it before," he said.
Fortunately, the folks at the National Marine Aquarium in Plymouth,
U.K., had an idea, identifying it as a Salpa maggiore (Salpa maxima).
Paul Cox, director of conservation and communication at the aquarium,
told MailOnline that a salp is barrel-shaped, moves by pumping water
through its gelatinous body, and that the life-cycle includes
alternate generations of existing as solitary individuals or as a
group forming long chains.
"In common with other defenseless animals that occupy open
water--jellies and hydroids, for example--the translucence presumably
provides some protection from predation," Cox told MailOnline. "Being
see-through is a pretty good camouflage in water."
The report doesn't say, but it is presumed Fraser threw the bizarre
sea creature back into the ocean.