Aquarist Atlas
Collection point · Lake Malawi · Malawi

Chitedze Rock

chee-TEH-dzeh ROK (approx.)

The atlas records 2 collection-point forms from Chitedze Rock.

13.7381°S 34.9385°E

Chitedze Rock is a rock formation in Lake Malawi's Malawian waters, about 1 km south-west of Chitedze Beach.

Where it is

Chitedze Rock is on the eastern shore of Lake Malawi, in its southern third (295 mi south of the lake's northern tip).

Nearest collection points: Luwala Reef 1.9 mi south · Liwewe Reef 2.6 mi south-west · Chimwalani Reef 2.8 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 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: Monkey Bay (south basin) (~31 km) — Visibility (Secchi) 12.5 m

Surface temperature here

Across Apr–Nov, monthly means run 75 °F to 81 °F — coolest in Jul. Measured by satellite 1995–2023: the daily median of clear readings within 10 km of the site (1446 clear days). The rainy-season months are usually too cloudy to measure and are left blank.

73°76°79°82°Jan: too few clear satellite days (1)–JFeb: too few clear satellite days (3)–FMar: too few clear satellite days (7)–MApr: 79 °F mean (77 °F–81 °F), 40 clear satellite daysAMay: 78 °F mean (76 °F–80 °F), 157 clear satellite daysMJun: 76 °F mean (75 °F–78 °F), 216 clear satellite daysJJul: 75 °F mean (73 °F–76 °F), 233 clear satellite daysJAug: 75 °F mean (74 °F–76 °F), 282 clear satellite daysASep: 76 °F mean (75 °F–78 °F), 288 clear satellite daysSOct: 79 °F mean (77 °F–82 °F), 150 clear satellite daysONov: 81 °F mean (78 °F–83 °F), 62 clear satellite daysNDec: too few clear satellite days (7)–D
Surface temperature by month near Chitedze Rock — 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. malawi.si — Lake Malawi interactive locations map: Chitedze Rock

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.

Protomelas (2)

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