Pilotfish

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Pilotfish
Species:	Naucrates ductor
Games:	Endless Ocean 2
Category:	Large Marine Life
Length:	1ft 8in (50cm)
Appearance:	A medium-large fish with vertical black-and-silver stripes.
Location: (EO2)	Zahhab Region
Time:	Day and night
Dangerous:
Forms:	Adult only

The Pilotfish (Naucrates ductor) is a large fish in the trevally family found in Endless Ocean 2.

It is remarkable in appearance by way of its pattern of broad black-and-silver stripes. It got its common name from its habit of gathering around ships and much larger fish.

In-Game

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Endless Ocean 2

Description

"Recognizable by its dark stripes, it swims with large fish such as whale sharks as if guiding them. It lives by eating their leftover food and feeding off their parasites."

Location

Endless Ocean 2

A few pilotfish can be found in the Zahhab Region, around coordinates E/F-1/2 and D-5/6/7.

Behavior

Several pilotfish follow the area's resident whale shark, and others stay near the gray whales and orcas.

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Notes

• While the pilotfish that swim near the whales are found day and night, the ones that swim near the whale shark disappear during the nighttime.

Real-Life Information

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• The pilotfish, as well as accompanying large sharks and whales, also has a fondness for following around ships. This behavior was thought in the past to mean that pilotfish would guide the ship to its intended destination. This is a part of the etymology of their name; they were believed to be "piloting" the ship to port.
  • As noted in the in-game description, they are also named as much because they seem to be guiding larger creatures around.
  • In writing, this fish's name is also sometimes separated out into the two distinct words that make it up, formatting it as "pilot fish" rather than pilotfish.
• While pilotfish hang out around all kinds of large marine life (and ships), they are reported to prefer keeping the oceanic whitetip shark (Carcharhinus longimanus) company.
  • The oceanic whitetip shark is a species that does not appear in either Endless Ocean game. It should not be confused with the whitetip reef shark, Triaenodon obesus, which appears in Endless Ocean 2.
• Joe, the main antagonist of the Danish animated film Help! I'm a Fish, is a pilotfish.

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