Pilot fish

Pilot fish
	Near Mangalore, India
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Carangiformes
Family:	Carangidae
Subfamily:	Naucratinae
Genus:	Naucrates; Rafinesque, 1810
Species:	N. ductor
Binomial name
	Naucrates ductor; (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
	Gasterosteus ductor Linnaeus, 1758 ; Hemitripteronotus quinquemaculatus Lacepède, 1801 ; Naucrates fanfarus Rafinesque, 1810 ; Naucrates indicus Lesson, 1831 ; Naucrates noveboracensis Cuvier, 1832 ; Nauclerus compressus Valenciennes, 1833 ; Seriola dussumieri Valenciennes, 1833 ; Seriola succincta Valenciennes, 1833 ; Nauclerus abreviatus Valenciennes, 1833 ; Nauclerus brachycentrus Valenciennes, 1833 ; Nauclerus triacanthus Valenciennes, 1833 ; Nauclerus annularis Valenciennes, 1833 ; Nauclerus leucurus Valenciennes, 1833 ; Naucrates cyanophrys Swainson, 1839 ; Naucrates serratus Swainson, 1839 ; Thynnus pompilus Gronow, 1854 ; Naucrates polysarcus Fowler, 1905 ; Naucrates angeli Whitley, 1931 ;

The pilot fish (Naucrates ductor) is a carnivorous fish of the trevally, or jackfish family, Carangidae.^[3] It is widely distributed and lives in warm or tropical open seas.

^ Smith-Vaniz, W.F.; Brown, J.; Pina Amargos, F.; Williams, J.T. & Curtis, M. (2017) [errata version of 2015 assessment]. "Naucrates ductor". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T190452A115322218. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T190452A16643992.en.
^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2019). "Naucrates ductor" in FishBase. August 2019 version.
^ Greenberg, Idaz (1986). Guide to Corals & Fishes of Florida, the Bahamas and the Caribbean. Seahawk Press. pp. 2–3. ISBN 0-913008-08-7.

[iucn-1] Smith-Vaniz, W.F.; Brown, J.; Pina Amargos, F.; Williams, J.T. & Curtis, M. (2017) [errata version of 2015 assessment]. "Naucrates ductor". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T190452A115322218. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T190452A16643992.en.

[Fishbase-2] Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2019). "Naucrates ductor" in FishBase. August 2019 version.

[3] Greenberg, Idaz (1986). Guide to Corals & Fishes of Florida, the Bahamas and the Caribbean. Seahawk Press. pp. 2–3. ISBN 0-913008-08-7.

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Pilot fish

Near Mangalore, India
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Carangiformes
Family:	Carangidae
Subfamily:	Naucratinae
Genus:	Naucrates Rafinesque, 1810
Species:	N. ductor
Binomial name
*Naucrates ductor* (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms^[2]
Gasterosteus ductor Linnaeus, 1758 Hemitripteronotus quinquemaculatus Lacepède, 1801 Naucrates fanfarus Rafinesque, 1810 Naucrates indicus Lesson, 1831 Naucrates noveboracensis Cuvier, 1832 Nauclerus compressus Valenciennes, 1833 Seriola dussumieri Valenciennes, 1833 Seriola succincta Valenciennes, 1833 Nauclerus abreviatus Valenciennes, 1833 Nauclerus brachycentrus Valenciennes, 1833 Nauclerus triacanthus Valenciennes, 1833 Nauclerus annularis Valenciennes, 1833 Nauclerus leucurus Valenciennes, 1833 Naucrates cyanophrys Swainson, 1839 Naucrates serratus Swainson, 1839 Thynnus pompilus Gronow, 1854 Naucrates polysarcus Fowler, 1905 Naucrates angeli Whitley, 1931