Scientific Name	Equulites lineolatus			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	(Valenciennes, 1835)	Depth	12 - 50M
Chinese	粗紋鰏	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	鰏科	Economic Fish	Yes
Family	F366　Leiognathidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	粗紋鰏
Max Length	9.5 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	粗紋馬鰏、花令仔、金錢仔
Distribution in World	India Ocean to West Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	South、North、PonFu
Habitats	Benthos、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Java
Synonyms	Equula lineolata, Leiognathus lineolatus, Photoplagios lineolatus
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；福建魚類誌(朱等, 1985)  Cuvier, G. etc. 1835 朱元鼎 編 1984 朱元鼎 編 1985 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993
Specimen List	ASIZP0057564. ASIZP0068869. ASIZP0069711. ASIZP0700088. ASIZP0803228. ASIZP0913228. FRIP00613. FRIP21005. NMMBP02095. NMMSTP00376. NMNSF00586. NTMP0181. NTUM04124. NTUM05726. NTUM05727. NTUM05728. NTUM05729. NTUM05730. NTUM05731. NTUM05732. NTUM05733. NTUM05734.
Common Name	Ornate ponyfish
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Body moderately elongate and compressed, its depth 2.4 to 3 times in standard length; dorsal and ventral profiles about equally convex; nape without a distinct notch. Mouth pointing downward when protracted. Dorsal-fin spines slender, the second about 1/2 body depth; second anal-fin spine slender, about same length as pectoral fins. Head scaleless; anterior part of breast below head scaleless but conspicuous scales present elsewhere on breast. Body silvery, back greenish to brownish with relatively sparse, irregular, grey vermiculations extending down to a little below lateral line, the lowest marks in the form of blotches in a row; snout and underside of pectoral-fin base dotted black; dorsal, pectoral, and pelvic fins colourless except for some yellow on spinous parts and along margins of dorsal and anal fins; margin of caudal fin yellow.
habitats	Found in coastal waters. Stays near the substrate and feeds on fish, crustaceans, chaetognaths, nematodes, bivalves, and gastropods.
Distribution	Distributed in the Indo-West Pacific from Durban, South Africa, Madagascar and Pakistan to the Philippines, north to southern Japan and south to northeast Australia. It is found in western and southern Taiwanese waters, and Penghu Islands.
Utility	Larger fish sometimes sorted for human consumption and marketed fresh or dried-salted; surplus fish used to feed ducks, converted to fishmeal, or discarded.