pilotfish

p·ilot·fish

or pilot fish (pī′lət-fĭsh′)n. pl. pilotfish or pi·lot·fish·es or pilot fish or pilot fish·es A marine carangid fish (Naucrates ductor) that often swims in company with sharks and other large fishes and with sea turtles.

pi•lot•fish

(ˈpaɪ lətˌfɪʃ)

n., pl. (esp. collectively) -fish, (esp. for kinds or species) -fish•es. a small, marine fish, Naucrates ductor, often swimming with sharks or alongside boats. [1625–35]

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pilotfish - small pelagic fish often accompanying sharks or mantasNaucrates ductorcarangid, carangid fish - a percoid fish of the family Carangidaegenus Naucrates, Naucrates - a genus of Carangidae