Metapenaeus dalli, commonly known as the western school shrimp, is a species of prawn in the genus Metapenaeus.

[2] Metapenaeus dalli is found in the Indo-west Pacific, around the west coast of Australia and Indonesia.

Benthic and estuarine, found in depths of 9 to 33 meters, on muddy or sandy bottoms.

[3] It prefers temperatures of around 27.7 degrees Celsius.

[4] Metapenaeus dalli is of minor interest to fisheries, but sometimes caught with handnets in estuaries of Western Australia.