# Metapenaeus

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{{Short description|Genus of crustaceans}}
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| image = Yoshiebi1206.jpg
| image_caption = ''[Metapenaeus ensis](/source/Metapenaeus_ensis)''
| taxon = Metapenaeus
| authority = [Wood-Mason](/source/James_Wood-Mason) ''in'' Wood-Mason & [Alcock](/source/Alfred_William_Alcock), 1891
| type_species = ''[Penaeus affinis](/source/Metapenaeus_affinis)''
| type_species_authority = [H. Milne-Edwards](/source/Henri_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](/source/genus) of [prawns](/source/Dendrobranchiata), containing the following species:<ref name="WoRMS"/>
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*''[Metapenaeus affinis](/source/Metapenaeus_affinis)'' <small>(H. Milne-Edwards, 1837)</small>
*''[Metapenaeus alcocki](/source/Metapenaeus_alcocki)'' <small>M. J. George & Rao, 1968</small>
*''[Metapenaeus anchistus](/source/Metapenaeus_anchistus)'' <small>(de Man, 1920)</small>
*''[Metapenaeus arabicus](/source/Metapenaeus_arabicus)'' <small>Hassan, 1978</small>
*''[Metapenaeus barbata](/source/Metapenaeus_barbata)'' <small>(De Haan, 1844)</small>
*''[Metapenaeus bennettae](/source/Metapenaeus_bennettae)'' <small>Racek & Dall, 1965</small>
*''[Metapenaeus brevicornis](/source/Metapenaeus_brevicornis)'' <small>(H. Milne-Edwards, 1837)</small>
*''[Metapenaeus conjunctus](/source/Metapenaeus_conjunctus)'' <small>Racek & Dall, 1965</small>
*''[Metapenaeus dalli](/source/Metapenaeus_dalli)'' <small>Racek, 1957</small>
*''[Metapenaeus demani](/source/Metapenaeus_demani)'' <small>(Roux, 1921)</small>
*''[Metapenaeus dobsoni](/source/Metapenaeus_dobsoni)'' <small>(Miers, 1878)</small>
*''[Metapenaeus eboracensis](/source/Metapenaeus_eboracensis)'' <small>Dall, 1957</small>
*''[Metapenaeus elegans](/source/Metapenaeus_elegans)'' <small>de Man, 1907</small>
*''[Metapenaeus endeavouri](/source/Metapenaeus_endeavouri)'' <small>(Schmitt, 1926)</small>
*''[Metapenaeus ensis](/source/Metapenaeus_ensis)'' <small>(De Haan, 1844)</small>
*''[Metapenaeus insolitus](/source/Metapenaeus_insolitus)'' <small>Racek & Dall, 1965</small>
*''[Metapenaeus intermedius](/source/Metapenaeus_intermedius)'' <small>(Kishinouye, 1900)</small>
*''[Metapenaeus joyneri](/source/Metapenaeus_joyneri)'' <small>(Miers, 1880)</small>
*''[Metapenaeus krishnatrii](/source/Metapenaeus_krishnatrii)'' <small>Silas & Muthu, 1976</small>
*''[Metapenaeus kutchensis](/source/Metapenaeus_kutchensis)'' <small>P. C. George, M. J. George & Rao, 1963</small>
*''[Metapenaeus lysianassa](/source/Metapenaeus_lysianassa)'' <small>(de Man, 1888)</small>
*''[Metapenaeus macleayi](/source/Metapenaeus_macleayi)'' <small>(Haswell, 1879)</small>
*''[Metapenaeus monoceros](/source/Metapenaeus_monoceros)'' <small>(Fabricius, 1798)</small>
*''[Metapenaeus motohi](/source/Metapenaeus_motohi)'' <small>Shinomiya & Sakai, 2009</small>
*''[Metapenaeus moyebi](/source/Metapenaeus_moyebi)'' <small>(Kishinouye, 1896)</small>
*''[Metapenaeus papuensis](/source/Metapenaeus_papuensis)'' <small>Racek & Dall, 1965</small>
*''[Metapenaeus stebbingi](/source/Metapenaeus_stebbingi)'' <small>Nobili, 1904</small>
*''[Metapenaeus suluensis](/source/Metapenaeus_suluensis)'' <small>Racek & Dall, 1965</small>
*''[Metapenaeus tenuipes](/source/Metapenaeus_tenuipes)'' <small>Kubo, 1949</small>
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Category:Penaeidae
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