page_title: Northern sunfish
hierarchical_section_title: Northern sunfish
caption_attribution_description: English: A small, northern sunfish caught at Lake Leelanau, MI.
context_page_description: The northern sunfish is a North American species of freshwater fish in the sunfish family of order Perciformes. Lepomis peltastes was traditionally recognized as a subspecies of longear sunfish but is often considered to be a separate species. However, this change remains controversial.
context_section_description: The northern sunfish (Lepomis peltastes) is a North American species of freshwater fish in the sunfish family (Centrarchidae) of order Perciformes. Lepomis peltastes was traditionally recognized as a subspecies of longear sunfish (Lepomis megalotis) but is often considered to be a separate species. However, this change remains controversial.
caption: A small, northern sunfish caught at Lake Leelanau, MI.
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