Peter R. Last

Peter Robert Last, Australian ichthyologist.

Author abbreviation: P.R. Last

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

• 61 taxon names authored by Peter R. Last

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

1998

• Yearsley, G.K. & Last, P.R. 1998. Neocyttus psilorhynchus, a new oreosomatid (Pisces, Zeiformes) from southern Australia and New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 32: 555-579. Reference page. 

2003

• Richards, W.J., Yato, T. & Last, P.R. 2003. Revision of the gurnard fish subgenus Otohime (Triglidae: Pterygotrigla). Smithiana Bulletin 2: 1–18. Abstract. PDF Reference page. 

2004

• Last, P.R. 2004. Rhinobatos sainsburyi n. sp. and Aptychotrema timorensis n. sp. -- two new shovelnose rays (Batoidea: Rhinobatidae) from the eastern Indian Ocean. Records of the Australian Museum 56(2): 201–208. PDF Reference page. 

2006

• Last, P.R.; McEachran, J.D. 2006: Notoraja hirticauda, a new species of skate (Chondrichthyes: Rajoidei) from the south-eastern Indian Ocean. Memoirs of Museum Victoria, 63 (1): 65–75. Full article (PDF)
• Last, P.R., White, W.T. & Fahmi 2006. Rhinobatos jimbaranensis and R. penggali, two new shovelnose rays (Batoidea: Rhinobatidae) from eastern Indonesia. Cybium 30(3): 261–271. Reference page. 

2007

• Duffy, C.A.J. & Last, P.R. 2007. Squalus raoulensis sp. nov., a new spurdog of the 'megalops-cubensis group' from the Kermadec Ridge. CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research Paper 014: 31–38. PDF of whole issue Reference page. 

2008

• Compagno, L.J.V. & Last, P.R. 2008. A new species of wedgefish, Rhynchobatus palpebratus sp. nov. (Rhynchobatoidei: Rhynchobatidae), from the Indo-West Pacific. In: Descriptions of new Australian Chondrichthyans. CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research Paper No. 022: 227–240. Reference page. 

2010

• Compagno, L.J.V. & Last, P.R. 2010. A new species of wedgefish, Rhynchobatus springeri (Rhynchobatoidei, Rhynchiobatidae), from the western Pacific. In: Descriptions of new sharks and rays from Borneo. CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research Paper No. 032: 77–88. Reference page. 
• Last, P.R., White, W.T. & Puckridge, M. 2010. Neotrygon ningalooensis n. sp. (Myliobatoidei: Dasyatidae), a new maskray from Australia. aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology 16(2): 37–50. Reference page. 

2012

• Last, P.R. & Richards, W.J. 2012. Two new gurnards of the genus Pterygotrigla (Scorpaeniformes: Triglidae) from Australian seas. Zootaxa 3195: 39–50. Preview Reference page. 

2013

• Last, P.R., Ho, H.-C. & Chen, R.-R. 2013. A new species of wedgefish, Rhynchobatus immaculatus (Chondrichthyes, Rhynchobatidae), from Taiwan. Zootaxa 3752(1): 185–198. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3752.1.11 Reference page. 
• Last, P.R. & Alava, M. 2013. Dipturus amphispinus sp. nov., a new longsnout skate (Rajoidei: Rajidae) from the Philippines. Zootaxa 3752(1): 214–227. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3752.1.13 Reference page. 
• White, W.T. & Last, P.R. 2013. Notes on shark and ray types at the South China Sea Fisheries Research Institute (SCSFRI) in Guangzhou, China. Zootaxa 3752(1): 228–248. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3752.1.14 Reference page. 
• Ebert, D.A., White, W.T., Ho, H.-C., Last, P.R., Nakaya, K., Séret, B., Straube, N., Naylor, G.J.P. & Carvalho, M.R. 2013. An annotated checklist of the chondrichthyans of Taiwan. Zootaxa 3752(1): 279–386. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3752.1.17 Reference page. 

2014

• Last, P.R., Pogonoski, J.J., Gledhill, D.C., White, W.T. & Walker, C.J. 2014. The deepwater demersal ichthyofauna of the western Coral Sea. Zootaxa 3887(2): 191–224. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3887.2.4 Reference page. 

2015

• White, W.T., Last, P.R. & Baje, L., 2015: Aetomylaeus caeruleofasciatus, a new species of eagle ray (Myliobatiformes: Myliobatidae) from northern Australia and New Guinea. Ichthyological Research 63(1) [2016]: 94-109. DOI: 10.1007/s10228-015-0480-9 Reference page. 

2016

• Last, P.R., Bogorodsky, S.V. & Alpermann, T.J. 2016. Maculabatis ambigua sp. nov., a new whipray (Myliobatiformes: Dasyatidae) from the Western Indian Ocean. Zootaxa 4154(1): 66–78. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4154.1.4. Reference page. 
• Last, P.R. & Bussarawit, S. 2016. A new legskate, Sinobatis andamanensis (Rajiformes: Anacanthobatidae), from the Andaman Sea (northeastern Indian Ocean). Zootaxa 4168(1): 161–170. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4168.1.9. Reference page. 
• Last, P.R., Henderson, A.C. & Naylor, G.J.P. 2016. Acroteriobatus omanensis (Batoidea: Rhinobatidae), a new guitarfish from the Gulf of Oman. Zootaxa 4144(2): 276–286. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4144.2.9. Reference page. 
• Last, P.R., Kyne, P.M. & Compagno, L.J.V. 2016. A new species of wedgefish Rhynchobatus cooki (Rhinopristiformes, Rhinidae) from the Indo–West Pacific. Zootaxa 4139(2): 233–247. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4139.2.7. Reference page. 
• Last, P.R., Naylor, G.J.P. & Manjaji-Matsumoto, B.M. 2016. A revised classification of the family Dasyatidae (Chondrichthyes: Myliobatiformes) based on new morphological and molecular insights. Zootaxa 4139(3): 345–368. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4139.3.2. Reference page. 
• Last, P.R. & Séret, B. 2016. A new Eastern Central Atlantic skate Raja parva sp. nov. (Rajoidei: Rajidae) belonging to the Raja miraletus species complex. Zootaxa 4147(4): 477–489. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4147.4.8 Reference page. 
• Last, P.R., Séret, B. & Naylor, G.J.P. 2016. A new species of guitarfish, Rhinobatos borneensis sp. nov. with a redefinition of the family-level classification in the order Rhinopristiformes (Chondrichthyes: Batoidea). Zootaxa 4117(4): 451–475. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4117.4.1. Reference page. 
• Last, P.R., Stewart, A.L. & Séret, B. 2016. A new temperate deepwater skate of the genus Bathyraja (Rajoidei: Arhynchobatidae) from the South-West Pacific. Zootaxa 4132(1): 107–117. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4132.1.9. Reference page. 
• Last, P.R., Weigmann, S. & Dumale, D. 2016. A new skate genus Orbiraja (Rajiformes: Rajidae) from the Indo-West Pacific. Zootaxa 4184(1): 52–62. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4184.1.3. Reference page. 
• Last, P.R., White, W.T. & Naylor, G.J.P. 2016. Three new stingrays (Myliobatiformes: Dasyatidae) from the Indo–West Pacific. Zootaxa 4147(4): 377–402. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4147.4.2. Reference page. 
• Last, P.R., White, W.T. & Séret, B. 2016. Taxonomic status of maskrays of the Neotrygon kuhlii species complex (Myliobatoidei: Dasyatidae) with the description of three new species from the Indo-West Pacific. Zootaxa 4083(4): 533–561. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4083.4.5. Reference page. 
• Manjaji-Matsumoto, B.M. & Last, P.R. 2016. Two new whiprays, Maculabatis arabica sp. nov. and M. bineeshi sp. nov. (Myliobatiformes: Dasyatidae), from the northern Indian Ocean. Zootaxa 4144(3): 335–353. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4144.3.3. Reference page. 
• White, W.T. & Last, P.R. 2016. Platyrhina psomadakisi sp. nov., a new species of fanray (Batoidea: Platyrhinidae) from the Andaman Sea, the first record of this family in the Indian Ocean. Zootaxa 4121(5): 533–544. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4121.5.3. Reference page. 
• White, W.T., Last, P.R. & Naylor, G.J.P. 2016. Rhinobatos manai sp. nov., a new species of guitarfish (Rhinopristiformes: Rhinobatidae) from New Ireland, Papua New Guinea. Zootaxa 4175(6): 588–600. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4175.6.6. Reference page. 

2017

• White, W.T., Last, P.R. & Mana, R.R. 2017. A new species of velvet skate, Notoraja sereti n.sp. (Rajiformes: Arhynchobatidae) from Papua New Guinea. Zootaxa 4244(2): 219–230. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4244.2.4 Reference page. 

2018

• Ho, H-C. & Last, P.R. 2018. Review of the batfish genus Halicmetus Alcock, 1891 from Australian waters, with descriptions of two new species (Lophiiformes: Ogcocephalidae). Zootaxa 4508(2): 179–196. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4508.2.2 pdf Reference page. 

2019

• Last, P.R., Séret, B. & Naylor, G.J.P. 2019. Description of Rhinobatos ranongensis sp. nov. (Rhinopristiformes: Rhinobatidae) from the Andaman Sea and Bay of Bengal with a review of its northern Indian Ocean congeners. Zootaxa 4576(2): 257–287. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4576.2.3 Reference page.