Peter R. Last

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.