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title: "Plateadito salado"
description: "Menidia beryllina — Peces. The inland silverside (Menidia beryllina) is a neotropical silverside native to eastern North America, and introduced into California."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/es/animal/inland-silverside
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Plateadito salado

> Menidia beryllina — Peces. The inland silverside (Menidia beryllina) is a neotropical silverside native to eastern North America, and introduced into California.

- Scientific name: *Menidia beryllina*
- Category: `fish` (Peces)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Lagos y ríos)
- iNaturalist observations: 1290
- Wikidata: [Q1970933](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1970933)
- iNaturalist taxon: [105567](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/105567)

## Names

- en: Inland Silverside
- es: Plateadito salado
- fr: Capucette nord-americaine

## Countries with the most observations

US (848)

## Summary

The inland silverside (Menidia beryllina) is a neotropical silverside native to eastern North America, and introduced into California. It is a fish of estuaries and freshwater environments.
Inland silversides are quite elongate even for silverside, with lengths six to seven times depth. They have large eyes, a considerably upturned mouth, and a head noticeably flattened on top. Of the two widely separated dorsal fins, the anterior fin is small and has four to five  weak spines, while the posterior fin is larger, with one spine and eight or nine rays. The lengthy anal fin is somewhat sickle-shaped, has one spine and…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inland_silverside

## Photo

![Plateadito salado](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/inland-silverside/medium.jpg)

Photo: Nick Loveland · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/35006959

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/inland-silverside?lang=es` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).