Kansombo Banks
kahn-SOHM-boh BAHNKS (approx.)
The atlas records 6 collection-point forms from Kansombo Banks, across 6 genera.
6.9760°S 30.5273°E
Kansombo Banks is a reef off Lake Tanganyika's Tanzanian shore, about 4 km south-south-west of Kansombo Ndogo Bay.
Where it is
Kansombo Banks is in open water about 2.5 mi off the eastern shore, in the central third of Lake Tanganyika (252 mi south of the lake's northern tip).
Nearest collection points: Kansombo 2.4 mi north-east · Caramba 3.7 mi north-west · Kabwe 5 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) (~208 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 81 °F — coolest in Aug. Measured by satellite 1995–2023: the daily median of clear readings within 10 km of the site (1211 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.