For another type of fish known as pilot fish, see
Sea chub.
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| Near Mangalore, India
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| Scientific classification
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| Kingdom:
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Animalia
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| Phylum:
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Chordata
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| Class:
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Actinopterygii
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| Order:
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Carangiformes
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| Suborder:
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Carangoidei
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| Family:
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Carangidae
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| Subfamily:
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Naucratinae
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| Genus:
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Naucrates
Rafinesque, 1810
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| Species:
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N. ductor
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| Binomial name
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Naucrates ductor
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| Synonyms
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- 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
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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.