pilot fish (Naucrates ductor)

pilot fish (Naucrates ductor)

Author John Stevenson Bushnan (1807–1884)
English: Indian Pilot-Fish
Subject: Pilot Fish
Tag: Fish
Date 1843
Source/Photographer
English: Bushnan, John Stevenson (1843) Fishes : Particularly Their Structure and Economical Uses, Naturalist's Library, v.35 : Ichthyology vol.1, London: Chatto and Windus
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:FMIB_35944_Indian_Pilot-Fish.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.


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Description		pilot fish (Naucrates ductor) Author John Stevenson Bushnan (1807–1884) English: Indian Pilot-Fish Subject: Pilot Fish Tag: Fish Date 1843 Source/Photographer English: Bushnan, John Stevenson (1843) Fishes : Particularly Their Structure and Economical Uses, Naturalist's Library, v.35 : Ichthyology vol.1, London: Chatto and Windus Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:FMIB_35944_Indian_Pilot-Fish.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.

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