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Animals

11 intriguing transparent animals

Read more: ANIMALS, MNN LISTS, PHOTOGRAPHY
Mon, Jan 24 2011 at 12:00 PM EST
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There are ghosts currently wandering the planet, but they aren't the undead apparitions of your imagination. Transparent animals — creatures with transparent, glass-like skin — can be found lurking in abundance in ecosystems around the globe. These fascinating, verging-on-invisible organisms are the tangible ghosts of the real world. Here's our list of 11 of the world's most intriguing transparent animals.

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Arun R Today 14:23 PM

Indian glass fish is a freshwater fish with a scientific name that is either Chanda ranga or Parambassis ranga. ANother fish missing is glass catfish.
I used to have the former in my aquarium, but I have no photographs of them. However see links,
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cas_docents/4161561689/in/photostream/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cas_docents/3627329511/

Indian glass fish is really an spectacular example of animal transparency and you can see it's

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