Collection point · Lake Malawi · Malawi

Chidunga Rocks

chee-DOON-gah ROKS (approx.)

The atlas records 23 collection-point forms from Chidunga Rocks, across 11 genera.

13.9630°S 34.5593°E

Chidunga Rocks is a rocky point on Lake Malawi's Malawian shore, about 5 km east-northeast of Chipoka.

Where it is

Chidunga Rocks is on the western shore of Lake Malawi, in its southern third (310 mi south of the lake's northern tip).

Nearest collection points: Chitseko Reef 3.4 mi south · Chipoka 3.4 mi south-west · Nankoma Island 6.2 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 Malawi — collection points share their lake's water; site-specific figures are shown only where the literature records them.

Temperature75.2–84.2 °F24–29 °C

pH8.2–8.6alkaline

Hardnessmoderately soft, alkaline, well-buffered79 ppm

Conductivity≈250–260 µS/cmmeasured range

Nearest measured station: Salima (south-east shore) (~29 km) — Conductivity 235 µS/cm

This site

Habitatrockyrocky point east of Chipoka on the Malawian shore

Surface temperature here

Across Apr–Nov, monthly means run 74 °F to 82 °F — coolest in Jul. Measured by satellite 1995–2023: the daily median of clear readings within 10 km of the site (1447 clear days). The rainy-season months are usually too cloudy to measure and are left blank.

Surface temperature by month near Chidunga Rocks — 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

malawi.si — Chidunga Rocks, Lake Malawi, Malawi: location page

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.