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pilot fish (Naucrates ductor)
Subject: pilot fish (Naucrates ductor)
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pilot fish (Naucrates ductor)


Naucrates ductor
Date 1906
Source Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission http://www.archive.org/details/bulletinofunited261906unit
Author Anonymous
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Naucrates_ductor2.jpg

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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