Pilot fish

Pilot fish
	Near Mangalore, India
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Carangiformes
Family:	Carangidae
Subfamily:	Naucratinae
Genus:	Naucrates; Rafinesque, 1810
Species:	N. ductor
Binomial name
	Naucrates ductor; (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
	Gasterosteus ductor Linnaeus, 1758 ; Hemitripteronotus quinquemaculatus Lacepède, 1801 ; Naucrates fanfarus Rafinesque, 1810 ; Naucrates indicus Lesson, 1831 ; Naucrates noveboracensis Cuvier, 1832 ; Nauclerus compressus Valenciennes, 1833 ; Seriola dussumieri Valenciennes, 1833 ; Seriola succincta Valenciennes, 1833 ; Nauclerus abreviatus Valenciennes, 1833 ; Nauclerus brachycentrus Valenciennes, 1833 ; Nauclerus triacanthus Valenciennes, 1833 ; Nauclerus annularis Valenciennes, 1833 ; Nauclerus leucurus Valenciennes, 1833 ; Naucrates cyanophrys Swainson, 1839 ; Naucrates serratus Swainson, 1839 ; Thynnus pompilus Gronow, 1854 ; Naucrates polysarcus Fowler, 1905 ; Naucrates angeli Whitley, 1931 ;

The pilot fish (Naucrates ductor) is a carnivorous fish of the trevally, or jackfish family, Carangidae. It is widely distributed and lives in warm or tropical open seas.

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