Why do fish float upside when they are sick or dead?

[Tacymevol]

I've always been curious about this.

 

[Joe]

theres no more life left

 

[Diana]

fish upside down they are as good as died

 

[Blachsheep249]

Its all a matter of how they go up and down when they swim. they have a swim bladder they can inflate with air to rise. When they die they have no control of there body obviously and the air in the swim bladder faces up.

 

[Blachsheep249]

Its all a matter of how they go up and down when they swim. they have a swim bladder they can inflate with air to rise. When they die they have no control of there body obviously and the air in the swim bladder faces up.