Isanga
ee-SAHN-gah (approx.)
The atlas records 4 collection-point forms from Isanga, across 4 genera.
8.6536°S 31.1964°E
Isanga is a village on Zambia's Lake Tanganyika shore, in Isanga Bay next to Isanga Bay Lodge.
Where it is
Isanga is at the southern end of Lake Tanganyika, 368 mi south of the lake's northern tip.
Nearest collection points: Kalambo Lodge 3.7 mi north · Kalambo 3.7 mi north · Kapere 5.4 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 Tanganyika — collection points share their lake's water; site-specific figures are shown only where the literature records them.
Nearest measured station: Mpulungu (south basin) (~15 km) — Temperature 24.5 °C · pH 8.9 · Conductivity 662 µS/cm · Visibility (Secchi) 11.9 m
Surface temperature here
Across Mar–Nov, monthly means run 76 °F to 82 °F — coolest in Jul. Measured by satellite 1995–2023: the daily median of clear readings within 10 km of the site (1787 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
Captions place Isanga Village beside Isanga Bay Lodge in Isanga Bay, with Chisanza Bay next to it.
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.