The pearly razorfish (Xyrichtys novacula), commonly known as raor in the Balearic Islands, is a wrasse within the family Labridae. This fish species has particular biological and socio-cultural characteristics making it an ideal model organism in the

Trammel net and boat-seine experimental fishing samplings were carried out seasonally, over a rocky-sandy and a Posidonia oceanica habitat respectively, in the coastal waters of Rhodes, southeastern Aegean Sea, Greece, between 2019 and 2020. Fish catch

Daily activity rhythms in nearly all organisms are synchronised with the 24-h solar cycle through a combination of internal processes (circadian rhythms) and environmental signals or zeitgebers1. Differences among individuals of the same species define