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A revised classification of the family Dasyatidae (Chondrichthyes: Myliobatiformes) based on new morphological and molecular insights by Last, Peter R, Naylor, Gavin J P, Manjaji-Matsumoto, B Mabel

“…The higher-level taxonomy of the stingrays (Dasyatidae) has never been comprehensively reviewed. Recent phylogenetic studies, supported by morphological data,…”
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DNA barcoding Australia's fish species by Ward, Robert D, Zemlak, Tyler S, Innes, Bronwyn H, Last, Peter R, Hebert, Paul D.N

“…flatheads of the family Platycephalidae, and tunas of the genus…”
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The Indo-Pacific Stingray Genus Brevitrygon (Myliobatiformes: Dasyatidae): Clarification of Historical Names and Description of a New Species, B. manjajiae sp. nov., from the Western Indian Ocean by Last, Peter R., Weigmann, Simon, Naylor, Gavin J. P.

“…Members of the genus Brevitrygon are small, locally abundant tropical stingrays (family Dasyatidae) occurring in soft sedimentary habitats of inner continental…”
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Three new stingrays (Myliobatiformes: Dasyatidae) from the Indo-West Pacific by Last, Peter R, White, William T, Naylor, Gavin

“…Three undescribed stingrays were discovered as part of a broader revision of the family Dasyatidae that formed part of the Chondrichthyan Tree of Life project…”
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A new skate genus Orbiraja (Rajiformes: Rajidae) from the Indo-West Pacific by Last, Peter R, Weigmann, Simon, Dumale, Don

“…Molecular analyses and information gleaned from an examination of the newly available adult male of the North-West Pacific skate, Okamejei jensenae Last & Lim,…”
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Phylogeography of the Indo‐West Pacific maskrays (Dasyatidae, Neotrygon): a complex example of chondrichthyan radiation in the Cenozoic by Puckridge, Melody, Last, Peter R., White, William T., Andreakis, Nikos

“…Maskrays of the genus Neotrygon (Dasyatidae) have dispersed widely in the Indo‐West Pacific being represented largely by an assemblage of narrow‐ranging…”
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A new species of wedgefish Rhynchobatus cooki (Rhinopristiformes, Rhinidae) from the Indo-West Pacific by Last, Peter R, Kyne, Peter M, Compagno, Leonard J V

“…A new dwarf wedgefish, Rhynchobatus cooki sp. nov. is described from a single female from a Jakarta fish market (Indonesia) and 11 specimens collected at…”
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Aetomylaeus caeruleofasciatus, a new species of eagle ray (Myliobatiformes: Myliobatidae) from northern Australia and New Guinea by White, William T, Last, Peter R, Baje, Leontine

“…A new species of eagle ray, Aetomylaeus caeruleofasciatus sp. nov., is described based on specimens collected in northern Australia and southern Papua New…”
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Two new stingrays (Chondrichthyes: Dasyatidae) from the eastern Indonesian Archipelago by Last, Peter R, White, William T

“…Two new stingrays, Dasyatis longicauda sp. nov. and Himanturajavaensis sp. nov., are described from material collected in the eastern Indonesian Archipelago…”
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Rapid Fishery Assessment by Market Survey (RFAMS)--an improved rapid-assessment approach to characterising fish landings in developing countries by White, William T, Last, Peter R, Dharmadi, Faizah, Ria, Chodrijah, Umi, Buckworth, Rik C, Dichmont, Catherine M

“…The complex multi-gear, multi-species tropical fisheries in developing countries are poorly understood and characterising the landings from these fisheries is…”
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The deepwater demersal ichthyofauna of the western Coral Sea by Last, Peter R, Pogonoski, John J, Gledhill, Daniel C, White, William T, Walker, Chris J

“…The highly diverse deepwater demersal ichthyofauna of the western Coral Sea was first systematically surveyed in two exploratory voyages in 1985 and 1986, and…”
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A new species of wedgefish, Rhynchobatus immaculatus (Chondrichthyes, Rhynchobatidae), from Taiwan by Last, Peter R, Ho, Hsuan-Ching, Chen, Rou-Rong

“…A new species of wedgefish, Rhynchobatus immaculatus sp. nov., is described from a small collection of specimens obtained from fish markets in northern Taiwan…”
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Long-term shifts in abundance and distribution of a temperate fish fauna: a response to climate change and fishing practices by Last, Peter R., White, William T., Gledhill, Daniel C., Hobday, Alistair J., Brown, Rebecca, Edgar, Graham J., Pecl, Gretta

“…Aim: South-eastern Australia is a climate change hotspot with well-documented recent changes in its physical marine environment. The impact on and temporal…”
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The conservation significance of estuaries: a classification of Tasmanian estuaries using ecological, physical and demographic attributes as a case study by Edgar, Graham J., Barrett, Neville S., Graddon, David J., Last, Peter R.

“…Estuaries arguably represent the most anthropogenically-degraded habitat-type on earth, with few estuaries in temperate and tropical regions existing in a near…”
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Taxonomic status of maskrays of the Neotrygon kuhlii species complex (Myliobatoidei: Dasyatidae) with the description of three new species from the Indo-West Pacific by Last, Peter R, White, William T, Séret, Bernard

“…The bluespotted maskray, Neotrygon kuhlii (Müller & Henle, 1841), once thought to be widely distributed in the Indo-West Pacific, consists of a complex of…”
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The role of peripheral endemism and habitat associations in the evolution of the Indo-West Pacific tuskfishes (Labridae: Choerodon) by Puckridge, Melody, Last, Peter R., Andreakis, Nikos

“…[Display omitted] •Tuskfishes originate in the Miocene, when the Australian and Eurasian Plates collided.•Peripheral endemics appear to bud from widespread,…”
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From the tropics to the pole and back again: Radiation in the flathead fishes (Platycephalidae) across Australia and the Indo‐West Pacific by Puckridge, Melody, Last, Peter R., Gledhill, Daniel C., Andreakis, Nikos

“…Aim To develop a comparative phylogeographic framework to understand the origins, evolution, taxonomic richness, and distribution of Australian demersal fish…”
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A new species of guitarfish, Rhinobatos borneensis sp. nov. with a redefinition of the family-level classification in the order Rhinopristiformes (Chondrichthyes: Batoidea) by Last, Peter R, Séret, Bernard, Naylor, Gavin J P

“…A new guitarfish, Rhinobatos borneensis sp. nov., is described from material collected at fish markets in Malaysian Borneo (South China Sea). This ray, which…”
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Climate change cascades: Shifts in oceanography, species' ranges and subtidal marine community dynamics in eastern Tasmania by Johnson, Craig R., Banks, Sam C., Barrett, Neville S., Cazassus, Fabienne, Dunstan, Piers K., Edgar, Graham J., Frusher, Stewart D., Gardner, Caleb, Haddon, Malcolm, Helidoniotis, Fay, Hill, Katy L., Holbrook, Neil J., Hosie, Graham W., Last, Peter R., Ling, Scott D., Melbourne-Thomas, Jessica, Miller, Karen, Pecl, Gretta T., Richardson, Anthony J., Ridgway, Ken R., Rintoul, Stephen R., Ritz, David A., Ross, D. Jeff, Sanderson, J. Craig, Shepherd, Scoresby A., Slotwinski, Anita, Swadling, Kerrie M., Taw, Nyan

“…Several lines of evidence show that ocean warming off the east coast of Tasmania is the result of intensification of the East Australian Current (EAC)…”
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Revision of the fish family Euclichthyidae (Pisces: Gadiformes) with the description of two new species from the Western Pacific by Last, Peter R, Pogonoski, John J

“…Members of the benthopelagic fish family Euclichthyidae, also known as the Eucla cods, occur on the upper continental slopes off Australasia at 220-1040 m…”
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