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Peter Robert Last is an Australian ichthyologist, curator of the Australian National Fish Collection and a senior principal research scientist at CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research (CMAR) in Hobart, Tasmania. He is an elasmobranch expert and has described many new species of shark.

Last graduated from the University of Tasmania in 1983 with a PhD titled "Aspects of the ecology and zoogeography of fishes from soft-bottom habitats of the Tasmanian shore zone".

Last is the co-author of Sharks and Rays of Australia and co-author of A revision of the Australian handfishes (Lophiiformes: Brachionichthyidae), with descriptions of three new genera and nine new species. In 2009, the Australian Society for Fish Biology awarded Last its highest honour, the K. Radway Allen Award.

Taxon described by him

• See Category:Taxa named by Peter R. Last

Taxon named in his honor

• The Rusty snailfish, Paraliparis lasti Stein, Chernova & Andriashev, 2001 is a species of snailfish found in the Eastern Indian Ocean.
• The Trawl perchlet, Plectranthias lasti J. E. Randall & Hoese, 1995 is a species of fish in the family Serranidae occurring in the Western Pacific Ocean.

Notes

1. "Peter R. Last". Harvard University Press. Archived from the original on 29 July 2010.
2. Ward, Robert D.; Holmes, Bronwyn H.; White, William T. & Last, Peter R. (2008). "DNA barcoding Australasian chondrichthyans: results and potential uses in conservation". Marine and Freshwater Research. 59 (1): 57–71. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.509.6954. doi:10.1071/MF07148.
3. Last, Peter R. (Peter Robert) (1983), Aspects of the ecology and zoogeography of fishes from soft-bottom habitats of the Tasmanian shore zone, University of Tasmania, retrieved 17 March 2021
4. Last, Peter R. & Stevens, John D. (2009). Sharks and Rays of Australia. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-03411-2.
5. Last, Peter R. & Gledhill, Daniel C. (2009). A revision of the Australian handfishes (Lophiiformes: Brachionichthyidae), with descriptions of three new genera and nine new species (PDF). (Zootaxa 2252). Auckland, New Zealand: Magnolia Press. ISBN 978-1-86977-425-7. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 December 2010.
6. "K. Radway Allen Award". Australian Society for Fish Biology official website. Accessed July 21, 2019.
7. Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order PERCIFORMES: Suborder COTTOIDEI: Infraorder COTTALES: Family LIPARIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 27 March 2023.
8. Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order PERCIFORMES (part 4): Suborder SERRANOIDEI: Families SERRANIDAE and ANTHIADIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 30 March 2023.

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