| Common name | Pilot fish |
| Language | English |
| Type | Vernacular |
| Official trade name | No |
| Rank | 3 - (Other common name) |
| Country | Canada |
| Locality | |
| Ref. | Scott, W.B. and E.J. Crossman, 1973 |
| Life stage | juveniles and adults |
| Sex | females and males |
| Core | person (generic) |
| 1st modifier | |
| 2nd modifier | |
| Remarks | 'Pilot' from Old French 'pilot' from Latin 'pilotus, pedota' from Greek 'pedotes', i.e., rudder, helmsman, from Greek 'pedá', i.e., rudder and 'pedón', i.e., oar, from same Indo-European root 'pod-, ped-' as English 'foot' (p. 395 in Ref. 11979); 'fish' from Germanic 'fiskaz' from same source as Latin 'piscis' from Indo-European word 'piskos' (p. 229 in Ref. 11979). |