Bemba
BEHM-bah (approx.)
The atlas records 12 collection-point forms from Bemba, across 10 genera.
4.6000°S 29.0500°E
Bemba, also called Pemba, was a village on the Lake Tanganyika shore of the Democratic Republic of Congo, once sited on Cape Munene; it no longer exists.
Where it is
Bemba is on the western shore of Lake Tanganyika, in its northern third (88 mi south of the lake's northern tip).
Nearest collection points: Kasimia 8.1 mi north-east · Cape Caramba 12 mi north-east · Katete (Ubwari) 14 mi north-east
Shore, third and distances are measured from the coordinates above against the lake’s mapped outline.
The water
Lake-wide measured chemistry of Lake Tanganyika — collection points share their lake's water; site-specific figures are shown only where the literature records them.
Nearest measured station: Kigoma (central, east shore) (~71 km) — Temperature 25.7 °C · pH 8.9 · Conductivity 654 µS/cm · Visibility (Secchi) 12.8 m
Surface temperature here
Across Jun–Oct, monthly means run 78 °F to 79 °F — coolest in Aug. Measured by satellite 1995–2023: the daily median of clear readings within 10 km of the site (299 clear days). The rainy-season months are usually too cloudy to measure and are left blank.
Temperature: ESA Climate Change Initiative, Lakes_cci v3.0 (Asfour et al. 2026; doi:10.5285/a56dba09df8a42ec9fba8b8c7a5e1f69). Chemistry on this page remains the lake's own.
Each entry below is the population of that species recorded here — the form aquarists keep and breed as a distinct, provenance-labelled line. Crossing forms from different collection points is considered hybridisation in the hobby.