Carangidae

pilotfish

Naucrates ductor

Seventy Centimeters Carangid Fish of Western Atlantic

• Tropical
• Globally widespread
• Marine fish
• Atlantic Ocean
• Indian Ocean
• Pacific Ocean
• Africa
• Europe
• North America
• South America
• Fusiform
• Large
• Tropical fish

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.