How to Use swim bladder in a Sentence

swim bladder

noun

• Most fish have a swim bladder, or a sac of air inside its body to keep buoyant.
  — Courtney Linder, Popular Mechanics, 17 Aug. 2022
• The swim bladder in a fish pulls double duty for hearing and making sounds.
  — John Goodspeed, San Antonio Express-News, 26 Apr. 2018
• The species, which grows to 6 feet long and weighs up to 220 pounds, was prized for its swim bladder, or maw, an organ that helps ballast the animal.
  — Adam Elder, Wired, 16 Apr. 2020
• Their ability to hear comes from small bones near their skull that link their swim bladder and their inner ear.
  — National Geographic, 20 Oct. 2019
• The same bends that kill them make their diets a mystery, bursting their swim bladders and pushing out the contents of their guts.
  — Asher Elbein, New York Times, 25 Feb. 2020
• A century ago they were fished heavily to meet demand for swim bladders in both China and the U.S.
  — National Geographic, 11 Jan. 2016
• Fish maw, sometimes referred to as the swim bladder, is an organ that helps a fish control its buoyancy.
  — Time, 17 Sep. 2021
• Some scientists poke holes into fish swim bladders with needles to solve the problem.
  — Joanna Klein, New York Times, 9 June 2018
• The nets are set for totoaba, a fish whose swim bladder is a delicacy in China, and sells for thousands of dollars per pound.
  — Mark Stevenson, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 July 2021
• Shock waves from the explosions rupture the fishes' swim bladders, immobilizing the fish and causing some to float to the surface.
  — Katherine Kornei, Scientific American, 18 May 2018
• The same is true of fish, which regulate their buoyancy through the inflation and deflation of swim bladders.
  — Ben Taub, The New Yorker, 10 May 2020
• The swim bladder creates sound when muscles that move gill plates beat against it, which produces a noise unique to their species that entices predators seeking distressed prey.
  — John Goodspeed, San Antonio Express-News, 26 Apr. 2018
• In Chinese cooking, fish maw -- the swim bladder of a fish -- is a delicacy alongside abalone and sea cucumber.
  — Rachel Phua, CNN, 14 Mar. 2022
• The researchers found that as the pounding sound passes through a fish's body, the swim bladder can knock into other tissues hard enough to cause serious injuries.
  — Elizabeth Preston, Science | AAAS, 20 June 2019
• The nets are set for totoaba, a fish whose swim bladder is a delicacy in China, and sells for thousands of dollars per pound (kilogram).
  — Mark Stevenson, ajc, 15 July 2021
• The totoaba’s swim bladders command high prices in Asia, where they are sold on the black market and prized for what consumers believe is medicinal value.
  — Sandra Dibble, sandiegouniontribune.com, 15 Oct. 2017
• In the past, collectors would sometimes pierce the fishes’ swim bladders to relieve the pressure, an invasive and risky procedure.
  — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 11 June 2018
• When rockfish are reeled in, their swim bladders expand, causing lethal injuries from the rapid decompression.
  — Laine Welch, Anchorage Daily News, 19 Feb. 2018
• The noises reverberate in the cod's belly, where his balloonlike swim bladder acts as an extension of his ears.
  — Elizabeth Preston, Science | AAAS, 20 June 2019
• Vaquitas were regularly drowning in gill nets meant for shrimp and totoabas, a fish whose swim bladder is a delicacy in China.
  — National Geographic, 20 Sep. 2019
• Deep divers carry tiny bubbles of air in their bodies, and fish have swim bladders; both expand as bodies ascend and pressure decreases.
  — Joanna Klein, New York Times, 9 June 2018
• The pressure eliminates the possibility of a swim bladder; the lack of food precludes the ossification of bones.
  — Ben Taub, The New Yorker, 10 May 2020
• These nets are designed to catch the giant totoaba fish, whose swim bladder is considered a culinary delicacy in China and sold for more than $4,500 per pound.
  — Nicole Chavez, CNN, 22 Apr. 2018
• Its swim bladder is used in a traditional medicinal soup, according to NOAA.
  — Camille Fine, USA TODAY, 10 May 2022
• Like shark fin, swim bladders are an ingrained part of traditional Chinese culture, used to signal wealth and opulence.
  — National Geographic, 11 Jan. 2016
• The fish’s swim bladder can rupture, and organs can be displaced as internal gasses expand while pressure decreases.
  — Matt Wyatt, ExpressNews.com, 21 Jan. 2021
• The animals can produce low frequency drumming sounds by flexing their muscles against their swim bladder.
  — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Jan. 2024
• In order to get the robot to float through the water at different depths and changing pressure levels, SoFi contains a cylinder that compresses and depresses air to mimic the swim bladders of real fish.
  — Grace Donnelly, Fortune, 22 Mar. 2018
• Vaquitas have been decimated by nets set for the totoaba fish, whose swim bladder is considered a delicacy in China and commands high prices.
  — Fox News, 21 Mar. 2018
• After it was nearly fished into extinction in the late 20th century (prized in Mexico for the flavor of its meat and in China for its swim bladder), the large drum fish endemic to the region has since been successfully farmed.
  — Naomi Tomky, Fortune, 29 June 2019

Last Updated: 4 Sep 2024