English: Pilot-Fish (Naucrates ductor)
Subject: Pilot fish, Naucrates
Tag: Fish
Date 1876
Source/Photographer
English: (1876) Treasures of the Deep : a Descriptive Account of the Great Fisheries and Their Products, London: Nelson and Sons, p. 504
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:FMIB_43719_Pilot-Fish_(Naucrates_ductor).jpeg
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. The pilot fish congregates around sharks, rays, and sea turtles, where it eats ectoparasites on, and leftovers around the host species; younger pilot fish are usually associated with jellyfish and drifting seaweeds.
