Pilot fish
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For another type of fish known as pilot fish, see Sea chub.
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.
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Pilot fish | |
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Near Mangalore, India | |
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 | |
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