Kampemba Point
kahm-PEHM-bah POYNT (approx.)
The atlas records 9 collection-point forms from Kampemba Point, across 9 genera.
7.1792°S 30.5175°E
Kampemba Point is a point on Tanzania's Lake Tanganyika shore, on the southern side of Korongwe Bay, with Cape Mpimbwe on the bay's northern side about 4.5 km across.
Where it is
Kampemba Point is on the eastern shore of Lake Tanganyika, in its southern third (266 mi south of the lake's northern tip).
Nearest collection points: Kampemba 0.5 mi east · Korongwe Bay 1.7 mi north-east · Katondo Point 3.2 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) (~187 km) — Temperature 24.5 °C · pH 8.9 · Conductivity 662 µS/cm · Visibility (Secchi) 11.9 m
Surface temperature here
Across Apr–Nov, monthly means run 77 °F to 80 °F — coolest in Jul. Measured by satellite 1995–2023: the daily median of clear readings within 10 km of the site (1216 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
African Diving Ltd photographed the site in 1989, showing company co-founder Jörgen Lundblad there with two newly examined divers, Yusuph Maridadi and the late Omari Rashidi.
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.