🐠 Clownfish report template
Three versions, one page each. Print the one for your child’s grade. The facts come from the clownfish page, every number with its source.
Grades 1–2
My report: the clownfish
Amphiprion ocellaris · Grades 1–2
| Length | 3.5 in (9 cm) |
|---|---|
| Height at the shoulder | not checked yet: look it up! |
| Weight | not checked yet: look it up! |
| Top speed | not checked yet: look it up! |
| How long it lives | not checked yet: look it up! |
Read about it
Clownfish are small orange fish with white stripes. They live in a sea anemone, which looks like a soft flower. The anemone stings other fish, but not the clownfish.
It lives in:
It eats:
The coolest thing I learned:
Where my facts came from
- US Geological Survey, Nonindigenous Aquatic Species: clown anemonefish profile, nas.er.usgs.gov/queries/FactSheet.aspx?SpeciesID=3243, checked 2026-10-30
Grades 3–4
My report: the clownfish
Amphiprion ocellaris · Grades 3–4
| Length | 3.5 in (9 cm) |
|---|---|
| Height at the shoulder | not checked yet: look it up! |
| Weight | not checked yet: look it up! |
| Top speed | not checked yet: look it up! |
| How long it lives | not checked yet: look it up! |
Read about it
A clownfish wears a coat of slippery mucus that keeps the anemone's sting from hurting it. In return, the clownfish chases away fish that nibble the anemone, and it keeps the anemone clean. A group of clownfish lives together in one anemone, and the biggest one is the boss.
Where it lives (its habitat):
What it eats:
How its body helps it live there:
My favorite fact:
A question I still have:
Where my facts came from
- US Geological Survey, Nonindigenous Aquatic Species: clown anemonefish profile, nas.er.usgs.gov/queries/FactSheet.aspx?SpeciesID=3243, checked 2026-10-30
Grades 5–6
My report: the clownfish
Amphiprion ocellaris · Grades 5–6
| Length | 3.5 in (9 cm) |
|---|---|
| Height at the shoulder | not checked yet: look it up! |
| Weight | not checked yet: look it up! |
| Top speed | not checked yet: look it up! |
| How long it lives | not checked yet: look it up! |
Read about it
Clownfish and sea anemones help each other, a partnership scientists call mutualism. The anemone gives the fish a safe home, and the fish brings it food scraps, cleans it and keeps nibbling fish away. All clownfish begin as males; in each group the biggest becomes the female, and the next biggest is her partner. Clownfish stay close to their anemone, darting back in among the tentacles when danger shows up.
Habitat and range: where on Earth, and what the place is like:
Diet: what it eats, and what might eat it:
Adaptations: two ways its body or habits help it survive:
Is it in danger? Why or why not?:
Compare it with another animal you know:
Bibliography: write each source below as site, page title, date checked:
Where my facts came from
- US Geological Survey, Nonindigenous Aquatic Species: clown anemonefish profile, nas.er.usgs.gov/queries/FactSheet.aspx?SpeciesID=3243, checked 2026-10-30