Banded Butterflyfish Swim Bladder 0001

3D Shaded Surface Display (SSD) reconstruction from CT scans of the swim bladder (related publication) of a Banded Butterflyfish (Chaetodon striatus). The swim bladder is a gas filled organ that facilitates buoyancy control while the otoliths are used to sense gravity and linear acceleration. Specimen courtesy of Dr. Jacqueline Webb - University of Rhode Island (URI).