Cape Bangwe
KAYP BAHN-gweh (approx.)
The atlas records 11 collection-point forms from Cape Bangwe, across 8 genera.
4.8900°S 29.6000°E
Cape Bangwe is a cape on Lake Tanganyika's Tanzanian shore, about 1 km north-north-east of Bangwe Point.
Where it is
Cape Bangwe is on the eastern shore of Lake Tanganyika, in its northern third (107 mi south of the lake's northern tip).
Nearest collection points: Katabe Bay 0.7 mi south-east · Mawimbi 1.1 mi south · Cape Bangwe, Mawimbi 1.1 mi south
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) (~4 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 (642 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.
The site
One caption places Katabe Bay behind the cape, with Hilltop Point on the far side of that bay, and says Luansa Point and Kigoma Bay are visible in the distance beyond Hilltop Point, with Nondwa Point visible on the horizon. A second caption locates the cape between Bangwe Point and a place called Mawimbi.
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.