''Metapenaeopsis kishinouyei'' is a species of prawn in the genus ''

Metapenaeopsis ''Metapenaeopsis'', the velvet shrimps, is a prawn genus in the family Penaeidae Penaeidae is a family of marine crustaceans in the suborder Dendrobranchiata, which are often referred to as penaeid shrimp or penaeid prawns. The Penaeidae cont ...

'', the velvet shrimps. The

specific epithet In taxonomy, binomial nomenclature ("two-term naming system"), also called nomenclature ("two-name naming system") or binary nomenclature, is a formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name composed of two parts, bot ...

is a tribute to the Japanese fisheries biologist Kamakichi Kishinouye (岸上鎌吉, 1867–1929).

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Penaeidae Crustaceans described in 1902 Taxa named by Mary J. Rathbun {{Dendrobranchiata-stub