PRUDENTIAL EQUITY INCOME FUND, 497J, 1994-01-04

PRUDENTIAL EQUITY INCOME FUND
497J, 1994-01-04

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                         Prudential Equity Income Fund
                               One Seaport Plaza
                           New York, New York 10292






                                January 4, 1994




Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C.  20549

                   Re:  1933 Act File No. 33-9269 and
                        1940 Act File No. 811-4868

Ladies and Gentlemen:

       Pursuant to subparagraph (j) of Rule 497 under the Securities Act of 1933
(the "1933 Act"), Prudential Equity Income Fund hereby certifies that (i) the
Prospectus that would have been filed pursuant to Rule 497(c) would not have 
differed from the Prospectus contained in Post-Effective Amendment No. 10 and
(ii) the text of Post-Effective Amendment No. 10 has been filed electronically.

                                           Prudential Equity Income Fund


                                           By:  /s/ S. Jane Rose
                                              -------------------------
                                                  S. Jane Rose
                                                  Secretary