Aquarist Atlas
Collection point · Lake Malawi · Malawi

Domira Bay

doh-MEE-rah BAY (approx.)

The atlas records 5 collection-point forms from Domira Bay, across 3 genera.

13.5464°S 34.4542°E

Domira Bay is a bay on Lake Malawi's Malawian shore, about 6 km north-north-west of Chikolo.

Where it is

Domira Bay is in open water about 1.9 mi off the western shore, in the southern third of Lake Malawi (281 mi south of the lake's northern tip).

Nearest collection points: Fuawe Island 7.5 mi north · Mbenji Island 8.1 mi north · Ababi Island 8.7 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.

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) (~23 km) — Conductivity 235 µS/cm

Surface temperature here

Across Apr–Nov, monthly means run 75 °F to 82 °F — coolest in Jul. Measured by satellite 1995–2023: the daily median of clear readings within 10 km of the site (1330 clear days). The rainy-season months are usually too cloudy to measure and are left blank.

73°77°81°85°Jan: too few clear satellite days (0)–JFeb: too few clear satellite days (3)–FMar: too few clear satellite days (5)–MApr: 80 °F mean (78 °F–83 °F), 33 clear satellite daysAMay: 78 °F mean (77 °F–80 °F), 139 clear satellite daysMJun: 76 °F mean (75 °F–78 °F), 196 clear satellite daysJJul: 75 °F mean (74 °F–76 °F), 218 clear satellite daysJAug: 75 °F mean (74 °F–76 °F), 274 clear satellite daysASep: 77 °F mean (75 °F–78 °F), 264 clear satellite daysSOct: 80 °F mean (78 °F–82 °F), 135 clear satellite daysONov: 82 °F mean (80 °F–85 °F), 59 clear satellite daysNDec: too few clear satellite days (4)–D
Surface temperature by month near Domira Bay — 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: Domira Bay

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.

Placidochromis (3)

Sciaenochromis (1)

Stigmatochromis (1)

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