Metapenaeopsis, the velvet shrimps, is a prawn genus in the family Penaeidae. It contains these species: Metapenaeopsis acclivis (Rathbun, 1902) Metapenaeopsis aegyptia Galil & Golani, 1990 Metapenaeopsis andamanensis (Wood-Mason in Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1891) Metapenaeopsis angusta Crosnier, 1987 Metapenaeopsis assimilis (De Man, 1920) Metapenaeopsis barbata (De Haan, 1844) Metapenaeopsis batei (Miers, 1884a) Metapenaeopsis beebei (Burkenroad, 1938) Metapenaeopsis ceylonica Starobogatov, 1972 Metapenaeopsis commensalis Borradaile, 1899 Metapenaeopsis coniger (Wood-Mason in Wood-Mason & Alcock, 189a) Metapenaeopsis costata Crosnier, 1991 Metapenaeopsis crassissima Racek & Dall, 1965 Metapenaeopsis dalei (Rathbun, 1902) Metapenaeopsis difficilis Crosnier, 1991 Metapenaeopsis distincta (De Man, 1907) Metapenaeopsis dura Kubo, 1949 Metapenaeopsis aegyptia Galil & Golani, 1990 Metapenaeopsis erythraea Crosnier, 1987 Metapenaeopsis evermanni (Rathbun, 1906) Metapenaeopsis faouzii (Ramadan, 1938) Metapenaeopsis fusca Manning, R.J.G., 1988 Metapenaeopsis gaillardi Crosnier, 1991 Metapenaeopsis gallensis (Pearson, 1905) Metapenaeopsis gerardoi Pérez Farfante, 1971 Metapenaeopsis goodei (Smith, 1885b) Metapenaeopsis hilarula (De Man, 1911) Metapenaeopsis hobbsi Pérez Farfante, 1971 Metapenaeopsis incisa Crosnier, 1991 Metapenaeopsis ivanovi Crosnier, 1994 Metapenaeopsis kishinouyei (Rathbun, 1902) Metapenaeopsis kuboi Ivanov & Hassan, 1976 Metapenaeopsis kyushuensis (Yokoya, 1933) Metapenaeopsis lamellata (De Haan, 1844) Metapenaeopsis lata Kubo, 1949 Metapenaeopsis laubieri Crosnier, 1991 Metapenaeopsis lindae R. J. G. Manning, 1988 Metapenaeopsis liui Crosnier, 1987 Metapenaeopsis mannarensis De Bruin, 1965 Metapenaeopsis manningi Crosnier, 1994 Metapenaeopsis marquesas Crosnier, 1991 Metapenaeopsis martinella Pérez Farfante, 1971 Metapenaeopsis menoui Crosnier, 1991 Metapenaeopsis miersi (Holthuis, 1952) Metapenaeopsis mineri Burkenroad, 1934 Metapenaeopsis mogiensis Rathbun, 1902 Metapenaeopsis novaeguineae (Haswell, 1879) Metapenaeopsis palmensis (Haswell, 1879) Metapenaeopsis parahilarula Crosnier, 1991 Metapenaeopsis parapalmensis Crosnier, 1994 Metapenaeopsis perlarum Nobili, 1905 Metapenaeopsis persica Crosnier, 1991 Metapenaeopsis philippii (Bate, 1881) Metapenaeopsis propinqua Crosnier, 1991 Metapenaeopsis provocatoria Racek & Dall, 1965 Metapenaeopsis proxima Crosnier, 1991 Metapenaeopsis quadrilobata Crosnier, 1991 Metapenaeopsis quinquedentata (De Man, 1907) Metapenaeopsis richeri Crosnier, 1991 Metapenaeopsis rosea Racek & Dall, 1965 Metapenaeopsis scotti Champion, 1973 Metapenaeopsis sibogae (De Man, 1907) Metapenaeopsis sinica Liu & Zhong in R. Liu & Zhong, 1983 Metapenaeopsis sinuosa Dall, 1957 Metapenaeopsis smithi (Schmitt, 1924) Metapenaeopsis spatulata Crosnier, 1991 Metapenaeopsis spiridonovi Crosnier, 1991 Metapenaeopsis stokmani Burukovsky, 1990 Metapenaeopsis stridulans (Alcock, 1905) Metapenaeopsis tarawensis Racek & Dall, 1965 Metapenaeopsis tchekunovae Starobogatov, 1972 Metapenaeopsis tenella Liu & Zhong in R. Liu & Zhong, 1983 Metapenaeopsis toloensis Hall, 1962 Metapenaeopsis vaillanti (Nobili, 1904) Metapenaeopsis velutina (Dana, 1852) Metapenaeopsis wellsi Racek, 1967 References Penaeidae Taxa named by Eugène Louis Bouvier