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.
For his first film role, Gere co-starred with Diane Keaton in the thriller, Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977). He followed this role by starring in Terrence Malickâs Days of Heaven (1978), which received good reviews by critics.