Apparently I've had another to "bite the dust". Actually,
>more than one but this is the fish that has been upside down for the
>past 2 1/2 - 3 months. I decided to dissect it when it died, not
>that I know anything about fish anatomy. I had the book open and
>cut away. Gee, in the upper photo the fish looks kind of worried.
>Not to worry, he is fresh dead. Well, there is no mistaking the
>swim bladder. Hell, if I had a bag of air like that inside me I
>guess I'd swim upside down too. In the bottom photo I kind of dug
>around to get a better view of the bladder since the diagram in the
>book showed 2 parts. I guess that is what I am looking at in the
>lower photo with the smaller part to the left. The rest of the
>organs sort of ran together, but I was surprised to find so little
>in the way of stomach, intestines and liver. I thought they'd all
>be larger. Of course this fish hadn't eaten for quite some time.
>The fish didn't look emaciated, still lots of flesh but I decided
>not to fillet it.
>Milo