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The elongate body is compressed from side to side, the upper jaw extends well beyond the rear edge of the eye in adults, the dorsal fin has two parts that are barely connected (front part is spiny and highest at the middle; rear part has soft rays), and the shortest spine in the dorsal fin is less than half as long as the longest spine. The overall color is silvery to brassy (brown in dark water...

Body is deep and strongly compressed from side to side. Anal fin has 3 spines. Tail fin is shallowly forked. Spiny front part and soft rear part of dorsal fin are united. Rear part of dorsal fin has a large black spot (faint in young). Often there is a dusky spot at the rear of the anal fin. The sides have dar bars (except in turbid water) that may be thin and chainlike on young bluegill. Pector...