That is a juvenile banded sunfish. I caught some just like, was curious, and took a few home. Spine counts and other stuff later, banded sunfish. Not to be confused with the blackbanded sunfish.
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Something I learned while researching natives is that when in doubt, it's a green sunfish. It works about 99% of the time.
Yup. I just happen to have seen some exactly like that, and after the whole scientific identification and whatnot was suprised to find that they were banded sunfish. They could also be bluespotted sunfish, and that would be quite a find.
If it was caught locally ,Ohio. Then it is for sure a green sunfish. We do not have banded or bluespotted sunfish in Ohio.
Again, green sunfish. Body shape, mouth size, fin size, no vertical eye bar, and a quick count of anal fin spines will tell you that is is not a banded sunfish (or any Enneacanthus sp) and is indeed a green sunfish. And as deepbluesea mentioned, bandeds don't live in Ohio, but inhabit Atlantic Slope drainages near the coast.
Well, I was wrong once before! 
Many centrarchids have been introduced outside their native ranges though.
Many centrarchids have been introduced outside their native ranges though.