Chimwalani Reef
cheem-wah-LAH-nee REEF (approx.)
The atlas records 22 collection-point forms from Chimwalani Reef, across 15 genera.
13.7706°S 34.9628°E
Chimwalani Reef, also known as Eccles Reef, is a rocky reef off Lake Malawi's Malawian shore, about 3 km east of Luwala Reef.
Where it is
Chimwalani Reef is in open water about 3.1 mi off the eastern shore, in the southern third of Lake Malawi (297 mi south of the lake's northern tip).
Nearest collection points: Luwala Reef 1.7 mi west · Chitedze Rock 2.8 mi north-west · Liwewe Reef 3.5 mi west
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: Monkey Bay (south basin) (~28 km) — Visibility (Secchi) 12.5 m
This site
Surface temperature here
Across Apr–Nov, monthly means run 74 °F to 81 °F — coolest in Jul. Measured by satellite 1995–2023: the daily median of clear readings within 10 km of the site (1483 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.