Any idea what this is? New species maybe?

Caught this 99% transparent minnow the other day in the Rigolets in Slidell, La. I was shrimping and saw this guy wiggling around in the net thinking it was a cigarette wrapper then realized it was a minnow. I tried researching this creature but came up empty. It's entire body/organs is transparent except for its eyes! Sorry for the blurry pics, you can make out it's eyes if you look closely. Reply on your thoughts!

http://i852.photobucket.com/albums/a...y/c640a28c.jpg
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Idk but thats cool If its real!

Looks like bait to me...

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It's real, I wish I would've filmed it.

Thing is cool as hell, did you keep it? Take it to a professional!=)

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Originally Posted by Live Oceanic

Thing is cool as hell, did you keep it? Take it to a professional!=)

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No I let it go.
I should've!

Try and get in contact with a professional. Maybe a marine bio professor at a college near you. Send them the pics and see what they think. If its a new species you may get to name it!

It appears to lack the normal anatomy of a fish... I mean, transparent or not, the shape of the tail region doesn't much resemble a minnow's tail, and I see absolutely no sign of gills or any fins or other anatomical features of any sort...

Also, the wood directly beneath it is completely bone dry.

Gonna say it's a rubber bait...

I know its hard to believe. I fish there 2-3 times a week there and never seen anything like it. I'll do my best to catch another one and record it this time lol.

silicone....