Gome
GOH-meh (approx.)
The atlas records 54 collection-point forms from Gome, across 24 genera.
13.5105°S 34.8689°E
Gome is a rocky shore and lakeside village on Lake Malawi's eastern Malawian shore, about 2 km north of Chiofu Bay.
Where it is
Gome is on the eastern shore of Lake Malawi, in its southern third (279 mi south of the lake's northern tip).
Nearest collection points: Chiofu 1.3 mi south · Border 1.9 mi north · Masinje 2.9 mi south
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) (~57 km) — Visibility (Secchi) 12.5 m
This site
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 (1331 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.
The site
Site photographs show a namesake rock formation, Gome Rock, close off the village shore, consistent with the rocky habitat its mbuna list reflects.
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.