Charo
CHAH-roh (approx.)
The atlas records 11 collection-point forms from Charo, across 7 genera.
10.9628°S 34.2244°E
Charo is a site on Lake Malawi's Malawian shore, about 2 km south-south-east of Muyeleko.
Where it is
Charo is on the western shore of Lake Malawi, in its northern third (103 mi south of the lake's northern tip).
Nearest collection points: Kakusa 2.2 mi south · Mkondowe 5.3 mi south · Hora Mhango 6.8 mi north
Shore, third and distances are measured from the coordinates above against the lake’s mapped outline.
The water
Lake-wide measured chemistry of Lake Malawi — collection points share their lake's water; site-specific figures are shown only where the literature records them.
Nearest measured station: Salima (south-east shore) (~311 km) — Conductivity 235 µS/cm
Surface temperature here
Across Apr–Nov, monthly means run 76 °F to 82 °F — coolest in Aug. Measured by satellite 1995–2023: the daily median of clear readings within 10 km of the site (847 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.