Bilinge Bay
bee-LEEN-geh BAY (approx.)
The atlas records 5 collection-point forms from Bilinge Bay, across 4 genera.
6.0321°S 29.7397°E
Bilinge Bay is a bay on Lake Tanganyika's Tanzanian shore, under 1 km south-west of Karilani.
Where it is
Bilinge Bay is on the eastern shore of Lake Tanganyika, in its central third (186 mi south of the lake's northern tip).
Nearest collection points: Pasagulu Point 0.7 mi south-west · Karilani Island 0.8 mi north · Katumbi Point 2.1 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) (~129 km) — Temperature 25.7 °C · pH 8.9 · Conductivity 654 µS/cm · Visibility (Secchi) 12.8 m
Surface temperature here
Across May–Oct, monthly means run 78 °F to 80 °F — coolest in Aug. Measured by satellite 1995–2023: the daily median of clear readings within 10 km of the site (981 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.