Pilot Fish

Pilot Fish
Related Category: Vertebrate Zoology
see pompano.
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Pilot fish
The pilot fish (Naucrates ductor) is a carnivorous fish that is a horse mackerel and belongs to the Carangidae family of fishes. It is widely distributed and lives in warm or tropical open seas.

PILOT FISH
Pilot fish (Naucrates ductor) are small fish that live on and around sharks. They eat stray bits of food left by the shark. The shark does not benefit from the pairing; this is a commensal relationship.
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Also known as - Roundfish, Frost Fish, Pilot Fish, Grayback, Menominee, Cross Whitefish, Lake Minnow.
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Despite their decided isolation from others of the same species, they may be observed with pilot fishes, dolphin fishes, and remoras. In 1988 Jeremy Stafford-Deitsch reported seeing the species accompanied by a shortfin pilot whale.

Naucrates ductor (Pilot Fish)
Ocyurus chrysurus (Yellowtail Snapper)
Oreochromis niloticus (Nile Tilapia)
Perca fluviatilis (European perch)
Sander lucioperca (Zander)
Scomber scombrus (Atlantic Mackerel)
Tautoga onitis (Tautog) ...

See also: Shark, Sea Turtle, Turtle, Dolphin, Horse Mackerel