Karema
kah-REH-mah (approx.)
The atlas records 2 collection-point forms from Karema, across 2 genera.
6.8200°S 30.4400°E
Karema is a lakeside town on Tanzania's Lake Tanganyika shore, about 2 km north-north-west of Kamamba Bay.
Where it is
Karema is on the eastern shore of Lake Tanganyika, in its central third (241 mi south of the lake's northern tip).
Nearest collection points: Kamazile Bay 1.7 mi south-east · Kaswente Bay 4.5 mi south-east · Itinilo Rocks 7.5 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) (~228 km) — Temperature 24.5 °C · pH 8.9 · Conductivity 662 µS/cm · Visibility (Secchi) 11.9 m
Surface temperature here
Across Apr–Oct, monthly means run 77 °F to 80 °F — coolest in Aug. Measured by satellite 1995–2023: the daily median of clear readings within 10 km of the site (1215 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
A site photograph places Karema at the top of the frame, with Kamamba Bay in the center.
Sources
- tanganyika.si — Karema, Lake Tanganyika, Tanzania: location page and photo gallery (captions by Tautvydas Pangonis)
- Konings, A. (2019). Tanganyika Cichlids in their Natural Habitat, 4th Edition. Cichlid Press, El Paso.
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.