so I'm watching an HD documentary on the Monterrey Kelp beds last night, and there's this thing that looks like an invertebrate squid-type thing, with an undulating fin on it's underside, propelling it along like a fish. Looks fairly translucent/whitish though, shaped something like a squid or banana. What the heck was that thing?! I have no idea how to even begin to run a search for it.
this was the one documentary I've ever seen with NO VOICE-OVER. Phoooey on that! The music wasn't even that good. I'm searching invertebrates, but haven't found anything remotely similar. It was freeswimming at quite a pace, like a fish, but it didn't look like no fish, uh unh.
I'll ask a buddy at work who used to live down there, he'll know for sure. A quick search turned up this: http://www.anomalies-unlimited.com/VSquid.html Other web pictures and descriptions are a closer match to what you described, but I liked this particular picture. I work in fisheries research, but I have no biology training at all, FWIW.
Don't think so, this was definitely moving right along like a fish, very sleek, but with that strange undulating fin underneath. Cucs are pretty funky too tho. I wish I had a pic, but I think if I could find one, I'd pretty much know what it is already. Hope something turns up again. If they run the doc again I'll watch for credits, maybe there's a site with some info on the film.