Offshore Ponyfish

Equulites rivulatus

Fish
IUCN: Not evaluated

Usual depth15–96 m
Water temperature20–28 °C
Best monthsJune, July, and September
How commonOccasional

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Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 0 records
February: 1 records
March: 0 records
April: 0 records
May: 0 records
June: 3 records
July: 3 records
August: 0 records
September: 2 records
October: 0 records
November: 2 records
December: 2 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 15–96 m · Deepest record: 96 m

10–20 m: 1 records
20–30 m: 1 records
30–40 m: 0 records
40–50 m: 0 records
50–60 m: 0 records
60–70 m: 1 records
70–80 m: 0 records
80–90 m: 0 records
90–100 m: 2 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 20–28 °C

18–20 °C: 11 records
20–22 °C: 7 records
22–24 °C: 2 records
24–26 °C: 0 records
26–28 °C: 3 records
28–30 °C: 1 records

Names and classification

English: Offshore Ponyfish, Ponyfish

Names in 3 more languages

Japanese: Okihiiragi, オキヒイラギ
Korean: 점주둥치
Simplified Chinese: 條馬鰏, 溝馬鰏, 金錢仔

Other scientific names: Equula rivulata, Leiognathus rivulatus, Photoplagios rivulatus

Similar species

Long-spined Pony-fish
Equulites leuciscus
Elongate Ponyfish
Equulites elongatus
Equulites laterofenestra
Equulites berbis
ornate ponyfish
Equulites lineolatus
Oblong Ponyfish
Equulites oblongus

Sources and credits

Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).

Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
683 open-data records from 1900 to 2021.
Species data updated November 2, 2026.

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