Bottom-dwelling aquarium fish: W
All bottom dwellers whose common name starts with W, in alphabetical order. Each card links to its care guide.
28 species
Walking catfish
Clarias batrachus
Freshwater23.6 in (60 cm) · 600 gal (2,270 L)68–79°F (20–26°C)
Wallago catfish
Wallago attu
Freshwater59.1 in (150 cm) · 528 gal (2,000 L)72–82°F (22–28°C)
Warzel's dwarf cichlid
Dicrossus warzeli
Freshwater3 in (7.5 cm) · 20 gal (75 L)75–82°F (24–28°C)
Wasp bee catfish
Akysis vespa
Freshwater1.6 in (4 cm) · 11 gal (40 L)72–79°F (22–26°C)
Weather loach
Misgurnus anguillicaudatus
Freshwater11 in (28 cm) · 55 gal (210 L)50–73°F (10–23°C)
Wedge-striped kuhli loach
Pangio cuneovirgata
Freshwater2.8 in (7 cm) · 20 gal (75 L)70–81°F (21–27°C)
Weeks' bichir
Polypterus weeksii
Freshwater21.3 in (54 cm) · 159 gal (600 L)75–82°F (24–28°C)
Weitzman's cory
Hoplisoma weitzmani
Freshwater2.4 in (6 cm) · 20 gal (75 L)72–79°F (22–26°C)
Wesseli cichlid
Chortiheros wesseli
Freshwater3.9 in (10 cm) · 66 gal (250 L)75–84°F (24–29°C)
West African bichir
Polypterus retropinnis
Freshwater13.8 in (35 cm) · 53 gal (200 L)77–82°F (25–28°C)
West African bottlenose mormyrid
Mormyrus rume
Freshwater31.5 in (80 cm) · 185 gal (700 L)75–82°F (24–28°C)
West African lungfish
Protopterus annectens
Freshwater39.4 in (100 cm) · 211 gal (800 L)77–86°F (25–30°C)
Whiptail banjo catfish
Platystacus cotylephorus
FreshwaterBrackish12.6 in (32 cm) · 53 gal (200 L)73–82°F (23–28°C)
Whiptail catfish
Rineloricaria sp.
Freshwater4.3 in (11 cm) · 20 gal (75 L)75–84°F (24–29°C)
White lethrinops
Lethrinops albus
Freshwater6.3 in (16 cm) · 79 gal (300 L)75–81°F (24–27°C)
White spot eel
Mastacembelus unicolor
Freshwater21.7 in (55 cm) · 119 gal (450 L)73–82°F (23–28°C)
White whisker lancer catfish
Bagrichthys majusculus
Freshwater7.9 in (20 cm) · 79 gal (300 L)73–81°F (23–27°C)
White-cheek goby
Rhinogobius duospilus
Freshwater2 in (5 cm) · 16 gal (60 L)61–75°F (16–24°C)
White-spotted spiny eel
Mastacembelus alboguttatus
Freshwater19.3 in (49 cm) · 106 gal (400 L)73–82°F (23–28°C)
Whiteseam betta
Betta albimarginata
Freshwater1.2 in (3 cm) · 11 gal (40 L)73–82°F (23–28°C)
Whitespot eartheater
Satanoperca leucosticta
Freshwater7.1 in (18 cm) · 79 gal (300 L)75–84°F (24–29°C)
Wilder's mouse catfish
Hassar wilderi
Freshwater9.8 in (25 cm) · 106 gal (400 L)73–82°F (23–28°C)
Window vieja
Vieja fenestrata
Freshwater11.8 in (30 cm) · 132 gal (500 L)75–84°F (24–29°C)
Winemiller's eartheater
Geophagus winemilleri
Freshwater9.4 in (24 cm) · 119 gal (450 L)77–84°F (25–29°C)
Wochepa melanochromis
Melanochromis wochepa
Freshwater3.1 in (8 cm) · 53 gal (200 L)75–82°F (24–28°C)
Wolf fish
Hoplias malabaricus
Freshwater19.7 in (50 cm) · 106 gal (400 L)72–82°F (22–28°C)
Wolverine pleco
Hopliancistrus wolverine
Freshwater7.9 in (20 cm) · 66 gal (250 L)81–88°F (27–31°C)
Wouri krib
Pelvicachromis drachenfelsi
Freshwater3 in (7.5 cm) · 29 gal (110 L)73–81°F (23–27°C)
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