Rafael Bañón

RESEARCHER

Contact information:

Eduardo Cabello, 6. Vigo. Pontevedra. 36208 (Spain)

(+34) 986231930 ext. 241

anoplogaster@yahoo.es

Research interests

Artisanal fisheries, octopus biology and fishery, fish integrative taxonomy, ichthyofauna of seamounts, impact of climate change on fishes, marine exotic species, biogeography and fishers and fisheries anthropology.

Education

• 1988: Degree in Biological Sciences specialty of Marine Biology, University of Santiago de Compostela.
• 1997: MASTER en Ciencia y Tecnología de Conservación de productos derivados de la pesca, University of Vigo, 60 créditos.
• 2016: PhD by the University of Vigo (“Fish taxonomy and biogeography).

Professional profile

• 1996 –1998: Senior Research Scientist, Instituto Español de Oceanografía IEO, Vigo, Spain
• 1999 – 2015: Biologist, Xunta de Galicia, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
• Published a total of 8 books or book chapters, 49 scientific papers and 17 conference contributions.
• Participated in 7 R+D projects.

Research production

• Researchgate
• ORCID
• Google Scholar

Selected publications

1. Bañon, R., D. Villegas-Ríos, A. Serrano, G. Mucientes & J.C. Arronte. 2010. Marine fishes from Galicia (NW Spain): an updated checklist. Zootaxa, 2667: 1–27.
2. Bañón, R., J.C. Arronte, S. Vázquez-Dorado, J.L. del Río & A. de Carlos. 2013. DNA barcoding of the genus Lepidion (Gadiformes: Moridae) with recognition of Lepidion eques as a junior synonym of Lepidion lepidion. Molecular Ecology Resources, 13: 189–199.
3. Villegas-Ríos, D., J. Alós, M. Palmer, S.K. Lowerre-Barbieri, R. Bañón, A. Alonso-Fernández, F. Saborido-Rey. 2014. Life-history and activity shape catchability in a sedentary fish. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 515: 239–250.
4. Barros-García, D., Bañón, R., J.C. Arronte & A. de Carlos. 2016. New data reinforcing the taxonomic status of Lepidion eques as synonym of Lepidion lepidion (Teleostei, Gadiformes). Biochemical Systematics and Ecology, 68: 6-10.
5. Bañón R., Otero J., Campelos-Álvarez J.M., Garazo A., Alonso-Fernández A. (2018) The traditional small-scale octopus trap fishery off the Galician coast (Northeastern Atlantic): Historical notes and current fishery dynamics Fisheries Research, 206: 115-128
6. Alonso-Fernández A., Otero J., Bañón R., Campelos J.M., Quintero F., Ribó J., Filgueira F., Juncal L., Lamas F., Gancedo A., Molares J. (2019) Inferring abundance trends of key species from a highly developed small-scale fishery off NE Atlantic Fisheries Research, 209: 101-116