Peter R. Last Explained

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.^[1] He is an elasmobranch expert and has described many new species of shark.^[2]

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^[3] and co-author of A revision of the Australian handfishes (Lophiiformes: Brachionichthyidae), with descriptions of three new genera and nine new species.^[4] In 2009, the Australian Society for Fish Biology awarded Last its highest honour, the K. Radway Allen Award.^[5]

Taxon described by him

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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.^[6]
• 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.^[7]

Notes

Notes and References

1. Web site: Peter R. Last. Harvard University Press. https://web.archive.org/web/20100729114238/http://www.hup.harvard.edu/results-list.php?author=13514. 29 July 2010. live.
2. Ward, Robert D. . Holmes, Bronwyn H. . White, William T. . Last, Peter R. . amp . 2008. DNA barcoding Australasian chondrichthyans: results and potential uses in conservation. Marine and Freshwater Research. 59. 1. 57 - 71. 10.1071/MF07148. 10.1.1.509.6954 .
3. Book: Last, Peter R. . Stevens, John D. . amp . 2009. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Cambridge, Massachusetts. Harvard University Press. 978-0-674-03411-2.
4. Book: Last, Peter R. . Gledhill, Daniel C. . amp . 2009. A revision of the Australian handfishes (Lophiiformes: Brachionichthyidae), with descriptions of three new genera and nine new species. (Zootaxa 2252). Auckland, New Zealand. Magnolia Press. 978-1-86977-425-7. https://web.archive.org/web/20101204141143/http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2009/f/zt02252p077.pdf. 4 December 2010. live.
5. https://www.asfb.org.au/awards/k-radway-allen-award/ "K. Radway Allen Award"
6. Web site: Order PERCIFORMES: Suborder COTTOIDEI: Infraorder COTTALES: Family LIPARIDAE . 27 March 2023 . Christopher Scharpf . Kenneth J. Lazara . amp . The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database . Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara . 22 September 2018.
7. Web site: Order PERCIFORMES (part 4): Suborder SERRANOIDEI: Families SERRANIDAE and ANTHIADIDAE . 30 March 2023 . Christopher Scharpf . Kenneth J. Lazara . amp . The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database . Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara . 22 September 2018.