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The northern sunfish (Lepomis peltastes) and the longear sunfish (Lepomis megalotis) contain not very many actual varieties. Both are for the most part little, dynamically scaled fish with splendid, lengthened opercular folds which provide the fish with an appearance of an "ear", which is a vital calculate separating the two fishes. The opercular folds of Lepomis peltastes will generally have a blueprint of white and red, while Lepomis megalotis frames are completely white. Albeit every species tinge is almost indistinguishable, the examples which structure from these tones are not. The northern sunfish will in general have to a greater extent a horizontal stripe and dotted turquoise design along its sides, while the longear sunfish will in general have spotting on its sides, still in turquoise. Each fish likewise has "war paint" as far as possible from the mouth to the edge of the gill fold in similar variety as the dots or spots.

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