pilot fish (Naucrates ductor)

Query: Carangidae

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Date 1828-1849.
Source http://www.flickr.com/photos/biodivlibrary/10438709726
Author Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon; Georges Cuvier; Valenciennes
Full title Histoire naturelle des poissons / par m. le bon Cuvier ... et par M. Valenciennes.
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Histoire_naturelle_des_poissons_(10438709726).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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