Naucrates ductor (Linnaeus, 1758)

Iglésias, Samuel P., Bariche, Michel, Beau, Florent, Bérenger, Lucas, Beucher, Renaud, Chabrolle, Antoine, Cottalorda, Jean-Michel, Cousin, Bertrand, Curd, Amelia, Danet, Valentin, Duhamel, Erwan, Duval, Audrey, Farque, Pierre-André, Goascoz, Nicolas, Jadaud, Angélique, Larnaud, Pascal, Bouter, Mathieu Le, Bras, Yvan Le, Bris, Sylvain Le, Lombard, Laurent, Louisy, Patrick, Mandine, Alain, Mas, Lise, Menut, Thomas, Metral, Luisa, Poussard, Pierre, Quéro, Jean-Claude, Raybaud, Virginie, Renoult, Julien P., Richard, Thomas, Spitz, Jérôme, Ternon, Quentin, Thiriet, Pierre & Tournier-Broer, Ruben, 2021, French ichthyological records for 2019, Cybium 45 (3), pp. 169-188 : 176

Naucrates ductor (Linnaeus, 1758)

Three Pilotfishes, Carangidae ( Fig. 5C ), were collected along with a Shark sucker (see this article), by Mr Pascal Malejacq on 09 Sep 2019 on the beach close to the slipway of Beig Meil (47.8608°N, 3.9832°W, Baie de la ForêtForêt,, Finistère). The individuals were estimated to about 30-35 cm TL. They were accompanying a Leatherback sea turtle and were probably beached following the turtle hauling itself out of the water. Recorded by A. Chabrolle. The present specimens are new records for the Bay of Biscay where the species is uncommonly recorded ( Bouxin et al., 1930; Legendre, 1950; Quéro et al., 1982, 2007; Iglésias et al., 2019).

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Figure 5. – Significant French ichthyological records for 2019 (continued). A: Remora remora, ~45 cm TL, 09 Sep 2019 (© P. Malejacq); B: Caranx crysos, 422 mm TL, 13 Sep 2019, MNHN-IC 2021-0145 (© S.P. Iglésias); C: Naucrates ductor, ~30-35 cm TL, 09 Sep 2019, reversed image (© P. Malejacq); D: Trachurus picturatus, 182 mm TL, 23 Oct 2019, MNHN-IC 2021-0146 (© S.P. Iglésias); E: Seriola rivoliana, ~45 cm TL, 24 Aug 2019 (© L. Alexandre); F: Seriola rivoliana, 45 cm TL, 13 Sep 2019 (© R. Beucher); G: Argyrosomus regius, 155 cm TL, 17 Aug 2019 (© V. Ravel); H: Parablennius pilicornis, ~8 cm TL, 09 Sep 2019 (© P. Thiriet).