TABLE 3. Comparison among "double armored herring" genera included within the family Paraclupeidae (based on Hay et al. 2007, Alvarado-Ortega et al. 2008). Gray area shows the shared characters.

 
Preural vertebrae
Anal fin rays
Dorsal fin rays
Predorsal scutes
  Scutatuspinosus
32
9
12
9-11
  Ellimmichthys
33-36
10-14
11-14
12-13
  "Diplomystus" solignaci
43
15
14
?
  Ellimma
36-38
15
14
12-14
  Ezkutuberezi
35
23
24
?
  Paraclupea-like
34
17
18
18
  Paraclupea
39
14-15
c 18
18
  Tycheroichthys
38
23
19
16