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]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Superorder: | Clupeomorpha |
| Order: | †Ellimmichthyiformes |
| Family: | †Paraclupeidae |
| Subfamily: | †Paraclupeinae |
| Genus: | †Rhombichthys Khalloufi et al., 2010 |
| Species: | †R. intoccabilis
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| †Rhombichthys intoccabilis Khalloufi et al., 2010
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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.
References edit
- ^ Bouziane Khalloufi, René Zaragüeta-Bagils & Hervé Lelièvre (2010). "Rhombichthys intoccabilis, gen. et sp. nov. (Ellimmichthyiformes, Clupeomorpha, Teleostei), from the Cenomanian (Upper Cretaceous) of Ein Yabrud, Middle East: anatomial descriptions and phylogenetic implications". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 30 (1): 57–67. Bibcode:2010JVPal..30...57K. doi:10.1080/02724630903409089. S2CID 86625975.
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