Rhombichthys

Rhombichthys intoccabilis is an extinct clupeomorph described from the town of Ein Yabrud, in the West Bank. It lived during the Cenomanian age of the Late Cretaceous epoch.^[1]

Rhombichthys Temporal range: Cenomanian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Artist's reconstruction
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.