Kalepa Island
kah-LEH-pah EYE-land (approx.)
The atlas records 8 collection-point forms from Kalepa Island, across 4 genera.
8.3392°S 31.0532°E
Kalepa Island is an island in Lake Tanganyika, about 2 km off Tanzania's shore between Kalepa Village and Chiloelo Point.
Where it is
Kalepa Island is on the eastern shore of Lake Tanganyika, in its southern third (346 mi south of the lake's northern tip).
Nearest collection points: Kalepa 0.5 mi east · Chiloelo Point 0.6 mi west · Lamvya Bay 1.9 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 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) (~47 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 (1638 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
The mainland coast opposite the island, near Chiloelo Point, is described as rocky.
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.