Rhombichthys
Extinct genus of fishes
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Rhombichthys intoccabilis is an extinct clupeomorph described from the Amminadav Formation of the West Bank. It lived during the Cenomanian age of the Late Cretaceous epoch.[1]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Superorder: | Clupeomorpha |
| Order: | †Ellimmichthyiformes |
| Family: | †Paraclupeidae |
| Subfamily: | †Paraclupeinae |
| Genus: | †Rhombichthys Khalloufi et al., 2010 |
| Species: | †R. intoccabilis |
| Binomial name | |
| †Rhombichthys intoccabilis Khalloufi et al., 2010 | |
The adults of R. intoccabilis had a very deep, scute-covered belly. In conjunction with the high, triangular dorsal fin, the belly gives the fish a rhombus-shaped body profile, hence the generic name. The juveniles, in contrast, had a far shallower belly, having a rounded profile.
