Aquarist Atlas
Collection point · Lake Tanganyika · Tanzania

Bondola Bay

bohn-DOH-lah BAY (approx.)

The atlas records 3 collection-point forms from Bondola Bay, across 2 genera.

6.5870°S 30.2575°E

Bondola Bay is a bay on Lake Tanganyika's Tanzanian shore, under 1 km south-south-east of Kasongola.

Where it is

Bondola Bay is on the eastern shore of Lake Tanganyika, in its central third (225 mi south of the lake's northern tip).

Nearest collection points: Kasongola 0.2 mi north-west · Mkangazi 1.2 mi south-east · Kekese 3.2 mi south-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.

Temperature77–80.6 °F25–27 °C
pH8.6–9.2alkaline
Hardnesshard · 600–690 µS/cm

Nearest measured station: Kigoma (central, east shore) (~202 km) — Temperature 25.7 °C · pH 8.9 · Conductivity 654 µS/cm · Visibility (Secchi) 12.8 m

Surface temperature here

Across Apr–Nov, monthly means run 77 °F to 80 °F — coolest in Jul. Measured by satellite 1995–2023: the daily median of clear readings within 10 km of the site (1149 clear days). The rainy-season months are usually too cloudy to measure and are left blank.

75°77°79°81°Jan: too few clear satellite days (3)–JFeb: too few clear satellite days (4)–FMar: too few clear satellite days (2)–MApr: 80 °F mean (79 °F–82 °F), 13 clear satellite daysAMay: 79 °F mean (78 °F–80 °F), 68 clear satellite daysMJun: 78 °F mean (77 °F–80 °F), 228 clear satellite daysJJul: 77 °F mean (76 °F–78 °F), 305 clear satellite daysJAug: 77 °F mean (76 °F–78 °F), 290 clear satellite daysASep: 78 °F mean (76 °F–79 °F), 168 clear satellite daysSOct: 78 °F mean (77 °F–80 °F), 54 clear satellite daysONov: 79 °F mean (78 °F–80 °F), 12 clear satellite daysNDec: too few clear satellite days (2)–D
Surface temperature by month near Bondola Bay — dot = mean, bar = typical range (10th–90th percentile), “–” = too cloudy to measure.

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.

Sources
  1. tanganyika.si — Lake Tanganyika interactive locations map: Bondola Bay

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.

Cyphotilapia (1)

Petrochromis (2)

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