Hai Reef
HAH-ee REEF (approx.)
The atlas records 19 collection-point forms from Hai Reef, across 10 genera.
11.4358°S 34.9205°E
Hai Reef is a reef off Lake Malawi's Tanzanian shore, about 2 km south-south-west of Chimate.
Where it is
Hai Reef is on the eastern shore of Lake Malawi, in its central third (135 mi south of the lake's northern tip).
Nearest collection points: Undu Reef 5 mi north-west · Chiwindi 11 mi south · Chuwa 12 mi north-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: Salima (south-east shore) (~263 km) — Conductivity 235 µS/cm
Surface temperature here
Across May–Nov, monthly means run 76 °F to 82 °F — coolest in Aug. Measured by satellite 1995–2023: the daily median of clear readings within 10 km of the site (1010 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.