AQUASYMBIO

Parasites and endosymbioses
in aquatic ecosystems

Naucrates ductor

Super Group:

Opisthokonta

Phylum:

Chordata

Sub-Phylum:

Vertebrata

Class:

Actinopteri

Order:

Perciformes

Sub-Order:

Percoidei

Family:

Carangidae

Genus:

Naucrates

Species:

ductor

Authority:

Linnaeus 1758

Synonym(s):

Gasterosteus ductor (Linnaeus, 1758)

Hemitripteronotus quinquemaculatus (Lacepède, 1801)

Naucrates fanfarus (Rafinesque, 1810)

Naucrates indicus (Lesson, 1831 )

Naucrates noveboracensis (Cuvier, 1832)

Suggest a modification

Diagnosis

Diagnosis_Genus: Naucrates Rafinesque. fanfarus. Raf. car. gen. 33. sp. 120, Naucrate fanfaro. Fanfaro, Infanfaro, ò pesce fanfaru. nel vai di Mazzara, Pampana a Messina .
Diagnosis_Species: Gasterosteus ductor Linnaeus. G. spinis dorsalibus quatuor. B.7. D. 4, 27. P. I8. V. 6. A. I6. C. I9. Habitat in Pelago, Satelles Squali. Medius quali inter Gasterosteos & Scombros; at convenit cum illis Spinis ante pinnam dorsalem distinctis & cum G. Pungitio candoe lateribus carinatis, quamvis differat a Gasterosleis Membrana branchiostega.
Dorsal spines (total): 5 - 6; Dorsal soft rays (total): 25-29; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 15 - 17. Body elongate, slender, and not strongly compressed; posterior end of upper jaw located at anterior rim of eye; dorsal fin with 4 or 5 spines followed by another spine and 25 to 29 soft rays (IV-V+I 25-29); lateral line without scutes; caudal peduncle with well developed fleshy keels and with dorsal and ventral peduncular fossae. Body dark to pale bluish, with 6-7 broad, dark bars; white tips on caudal lobes and on second dorsal and anal lobes.
Body_male_length: 35 cm (FL)
Body_male_length_Max : 63 cm (FL), 70 cm (TL)
Body_length_sexual_maturity: 23 cm (FL) (Smith-Vaniz 1984)
Body_eggs_length: 1.3 mm
Weight_adults: 0.5 kg at 33 cm FL (Smith-Vaniz, unpublished, FAO ECA Guide)
Sequence: HQ127636 (Nerlovic et al. 2015)

Etymology

Naucrates: Greek, naykrates, -es, -es = supremacy in the sea

Type species

The type species of the genus Naucrates is Centronotus conductor (Lacepède, 1801).

Type illustration / Type locality / Type specimen

Type locality: Pelagic, Ocean.
Syntypes: NRM 45 (3).
Type catalog: Fernholm & Wheeler 1983:243-244 [ref. 20707].

Ecology

Substrate: water
Salinity: marine
Habitat: oceanic
Habitat: Circumtropical in tropical seas. Western Atlantic: Nova Scotia, Canada to Argentina. Eastern Atlantic: British Isles (rare vagrant) and Bay of Biscay to Angola, including the Mediterranean and Canary Islands. Eastern Pacific: Vancouver Island (British Columbia, Canada) to the Galapagos Islands. Common throughout the Indian Ocean.
Depth: pelagic (0-150 m)
Oxygen_level: oxic
Migratory: No

Life cycle

Reproduction_mode: sexual
Generation_time: 3 to 12 months (Vassilopoulou et al. 2004)
Spawning_method: External fertilization in the water column

Feeding behaviour

Carnivorous

Mode of locomotion

Motility: motile_swimming

Original description

Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.

Linnaeus C (1758) Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae., 10th edn. Salvius, Holmiae

Reference(s)

Record of the Shark Carcharhinus longimanus, Accompanied by Naucrates and Remora, from the East-Central Pacific

Hubbs CL (1951) Record of the Shark Carcharhinus longimanus, Accompanied by Naucrates and Remora, from the East-Central Pacific.

Additional information on the blue runner, Caranx crysos ( Mitchill, 1815), from the northern Adriatic Sea: meristic and molecular characterizations

Nerlovic V (2015) Additional information on the blue runner, Caranx crysos ( Mitchill, 1815), from the northern Adriatic Sea: meristic and molecular characterizations. Acta Adriat 2:309-318.

Indice d'ittiologia Siciliana, ossia, Catalogo metodico dei nomi Latini, Italiani, e Siciliani dei pesci, che si rinvengono in Sicilia : disposti secondo un metodo naturale : eseguito da un appendice che contiene la descrizione di alcuni nuovi pesci sicil

Rafinesque CSamuel (1810) Indice d'ittiologia Siciliana, ossia, Catalogo metodico dei nomi Latini, Italiani, e Siciliani dei pesci, che si rinvengono in Sicilia : disposti secondo un metodo naturale : eseguito da un appendice che contiene la descrizione di alcuni nuovi pesci sicil. Messina : Presso Giovanni del Nobolo, con approvazzione

The biology and ecology of juvenile pilotfish (Naucrates ductor) associated with Fish Aggregating Devices (FADs) in eastern Mediterranean waters

VASSILOPOULOU V, SIAPATIS A, CHRISTIDES G, BEKAS P (2004) The biology and ecology of juvenile pilotfish (Naucrates ductor) associated with Fish Aggregating Devices (FADs) in eastern Mediterranean waters. Mediterranean Marine Science. doi: 10.12681/mms.211

Attached phylogeny

The ML/Bayesian phylogenetic tree of 16S rDNA sequences from Caranx crysos and related carangids (nerlovic et al. 2015)

Observation site(s)

SYMBIONTS

Displaying 1 - 1 of 1

Association with...	Region origin	Name of site	In reference...
Amyloodinium ocellatum		New York Aquarium	Nigrelli RF (1936) The morphology, cytology and life-history of Oodinium ocellatum Brown, a dinoflagellate parasite on marine fishes. Zoologica, N. Y. 21:129-161.

Naucrates ductor

Diagnosis

Etymology

Type species

Type illustration / Type locality / Type specimen

Ecology

Life cycle

Feeding behaviour

Mode of locomotion

Original description

Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.

Reference(s)

Record of the Shark Carcharhinus longimanus, Accompanied by Naucrates and Remora, from the East-Central Pacific

Additional information on the blue runner, Caranx crysos ( Mitchill, 1815), from the northern Adriatic Sea: meristic and molecular characterizations

Indice d'ittiologia Siciliana, ossia, Catalogo metodico dei nomi Latini, Italiani, e Siciliani dei pesci, che si rinvengono in Sicilia : disposti secondo un metodo naturale : eseguito da un appendice che contiene la descrizione di alcuni nuovi pesci sicil

The biology and ecology of juvenile pilotfish (Naucrates ductor) associated with Fish Aggregating Devices (FADs) in eastern Mediterranean waters

Attached phylogeny

Observation site(s)

SYMBIONTS

Site map

Contacts

You are here

Naucrates ductor

Diagnosis

Etymology

Type species

Type illustration / Type locality / Type specimen

Ecology

Life cycle

Feeding behaviour

Mode of locomotion

Original description

Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.

Reference(s)

Record of the Shark Carcharhinus longimanus, Accompanied by Naucrates and Remora, from the East-Central Pacific

Additional information on the blue runner, Caranx crysos ( Mitchill, 1815), from the northern Adriatic Sea: meristic and molecular characterizations

Indice d'ittiologia Siciliana, ossia, Catalogo metodico dei nomi Latini, Italiani, e Siciliani dei pesci, che si rinvengono in Sicilia : disposti secondo un metodo naturale : eseguito da un appendice che contiene la descrizione di alcuni nuovi pesci sicil

The biology and ecology of juvenile pilotfish (Naucrates ductor) associated with Fish Aggregating Devices (FADs) in eastern Mediterranean waters

Attached phylogeny

Observation site(s)

SYMBIONTS

Site map

User login

Contacts