An air sac, sometimes double or variously lobed, in the visceral cavity of many fishes. It originates in the same way as the lungs of air-breathing vertebrates, and in the adult may retain a tubular connection with the pharynx or esophagus.
organ in fish. By adjusting the gas content of the air bladder, the specific gravity, and the buoyancy of the animal changes, enabling the fish to change its depth in the water column and compensate for increasing or decreasing pressure.