The operculum is a bony structure covering and protecting the gills in teleosts; it plays an important part in the breathing mechanism. Elasmobranchs do not have an operculum but there are separate gill slits for each gill. The lateral line is a jelly-filled tube or canal just below the skin.
Richard Gere. Humanitarian and actor Richard Gere was born on August 31, 1949, in Philadelphia, the second of five children of Doris Ann (Tiffany), a homemaker, and Homer George Gere, an insurance salesman, both Mayflower descendants.
Richard G. DeGenova, 81, of Stratford, proprietor of Temple Drywall, husband of Patricia Powell DeGenova, died Aug. 10, at home. Obituary: Thomas Geraghty, 74, of Trumbull. Thomas Geraghty, 74, of Trumbull, retired from sales in the security systems industry, husband of Cecily (Harrison) Geraghty, died Aug. 15, at home. Obituary: John J. Grabowski, 91, of Trumbull. John J. Grabowski, 91, of Trumbull, night foreman for the Journal Courier, craftsman, husband of Dorothy Bonazzo Grabowski, died Aug. 15, at home.