Metapenaeopsis, the velvet shrimps, is a prawn genus in the family Penaeidae. It contains these species: * (Rathbun, 1902) * Galil & Golani, 1990 * (Wood-Mason in Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1891) * Crosnier, 1987 * (De Man, 1920) * (De Haan, 1844) * (Miers, 1884a) * (Burkenroad, 1938) * Starobogatov, 1972 * Metapenaeopsis commensalis Borradaile, 1899 * (Wood-Mason in Wood-Mason & Alcock, 189a) * Crosnier, 1991 * Racek & Dall, 1965 * (Rathbun, 1902) * Crosnier, 1991 * (De Man, 1907) * Kubo, 1949 * Galil & Golani, 1990 * Crosnier, 1987 * (Rathbun, 1906) * (Ramadan, 1938) * Manning, R.J.G., 1988 * Crosnier, 1991 * (Pearson, 1905) * Pérez Farfante, 1971 * (Smith, 1885b) * (De Man, 1911) * Pérez Farfante, 1971 * Crosnier, 1991 * Crosnier, 199