Pilot fish

For another type of fish known as pilot fish, see Sea chub.

For the ancient Greek rhetorician, see Naucrates (rhetorician).

Pilot fish
Near Mangalore, India
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Division:	Teleostei
Order:	Carangiformes
Suborder:	Carangoidei
Family:	Carangidae
Subfamily:	Naucratinae
Genus:	Naucrates Rafinesque, 1810
Species:	N. ductor
Binomial name
Naucrates ductor (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
List 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. It is widely distributed and lives in warm or tropical open seas.