{{Short description|Genus of crustaceans}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Yoshiebi1206.jpg | image_caption = ''Metapenaeus ensis'' | taxon = Metapenaeus | authority = Wood-Mason ''in'' Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1891 | type_species = ''Penaeus affinis'' | type_species_authority = H. Milne-Edwards, 1837 | synonyms = ''Mangalura'' <small>Miers, 1878</small> | synonyms_ref = &nbsp;<ref name="WoRMS">{{cite WoRMS |author=Sammy De Grave & Michael Türkay |year=2013 |title=''Metapenaeus'' Wood-Mason in Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1891a |id=106818 |access-date=October 13, 2013}}</ref> }}

'''''Metapenaeus''''' is a genus of prawns, containing the following species:<ref name="WoRMS"/> {{div col|colwidth=24em}} *''Metapenaeus affinis'' <small>(H. Milne-Edwards, 1837)</small> *''Metapenaeus alcocki'' <small>M. J. George & Rao, 1968</small> *''Metapenaeus anchistus'' <small>(de Man, 1920)</small> *''Metapenaeus arabicus'' <small>Hassan, 1978</small> *''Metapenaeus barbata'' <small>(De Haan, 1844)</small> *''Metapenaeus bennettae'' <small>Racek & Dall, 1965</small> *''Metapenaeus brevicornis'' <small>(H. Milne-Edwards, 1837)</small> *''Metapenaeus conjunctus'' <small>Racek & Dall, 1965</small> *''Metapenaeus dalli'' <small>Racek, 1957</small> *''Metapenaeus demani'' <small>(Roux, 1921)</small> *''Metapenaeus dobsoni'' <small>(Miers, 1878)</small> *''Metapenaeus eboracensis'' <small>Dall, 1957</small> *''Metapenaeus elegans'' <small>de Man, 1907</small> *''Metapenaeus endeavouri'' <small>(Schmitt, 1926)</small> *''Metapenaeus ensis'' <small>(De Haan, 1844)</small> *''Metapenaeus insolitus'' <small>Racek & Dall, 1965</small> *''Metapenaeus intermedius'' <small>(Kishinouye, 1900)</small> *''Metapenaeus joyneri'' <small>(Miers, 1880)</small> *''Metapenaeus krishnatrii'' <small>Silas & Muthu, 1976</small> *''Metapenaeus kutchensis'' <small>P. C. George, M. J. George & Rao, 1963</small> *''Metapenaeus lysianassa'' <small>(de Man, 1888)</small> *''Metapenaeus macleayi'' <small>(Haswell, 1879)</small> *''Metapenaeus monoceros'' <small>(Fabricius, 1798)</small> *''Metapenaeus motohi'' <small>Shinomiya & Sakai, 2009</small> *''Metapenaeus moyebi'' <small>(Kishinouye, 1896)</small> *''Metapenaeus papuensis'' <small>Racek & Dall, 1965</small> *''Metapenaeus stebbingi'' <small>Nobili, 1904</small> *''Metapenaeus suluensis'' <small>Racek & Dall, 1965</small> *''Metapenaeus tenuipes'' <small>Kubo, 1949</small> {{div col end}}

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