pilot fish (Naucrates ductor)

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Subject:	pilot fish (Naucrates ductor)
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Naucrates ductor - 1700-1880 - Print - Iconographia Zoologica - Special Collections University of Amsterdam - UBA01 IZ13500238.jpg

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pilot fish (Naucrates ductor)

Naucrates ductor
Date 1700-1880
Source/Photographer Iconographia Zoologica
Old Latin name Naucrates ductor
New Latin name Naucrates ductor
Common name Nederlands: Loodsmannetje
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Naucrates_ductor_-_1700-1880_-_Print_-_Iconographia_Zoologica_-_Special_Collections_University_of_Amsterdam_-_UBA01_IZ13500238.tif

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.

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