Aquarist Atlas
Collection point · Lake Tanganyika · Zambia

Katoto

kah-TOH-toh (approx.)

The atlas records 5 collection-point forms from Katoto, across 5 genera.

8.8011°S 31.0187°E

Katoto is a collection point on Lake Tanganyika's Zambian shore, under 1 km south-south-east of Kombe.

Where it is

Nearest collection points: Kombe 0.6 mi north-west · Kasakalawe 4.1 mi north-east · Funda 4.7 mi north-west

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.

Temperature77–80.6 °F25–27 °C
pH8.6–9.2alkaline
Hardnesshard · 600–690 µS/cm

Nearest measured station: Mpulungu (south basin) (~11 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 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 (1782 clear days). The rainy-season months are usually too cloudy to measure and are left blank.

74°77°80°83°Jan: too few clear satellite days (1)–JFeb: too few clear satellite days (5)–FMar: too few clear satellite days (9)–MApr: 81 °F mean (79 °F–83 °F), 30 clear satellite daysAMay: 79 °F mean (78 °F–81 °F), 167 clear satellite daysMJun: 78 °F mean (76 °F–79 °F), 327 clear satellite daysJJul: 76 °F mean (75 °F–77 °F), 391 clear satellite daysJAug: 77 °F mean (75 °F–78 °F), 387 clear satellite daysASep: 78 °F mean (76 °F–80 °F), 291 clear satellite daysSOct: 80 °F mean (78 °F–82 °F), 142 clear satellite daysONov: 82 °F mean (81 °F–83 °F), 27 clear satellite daysNDec: too few clear satellite days (5)–D
Surface temperature by month near Katoto — dot = mean, bar = typical range (10th–90th percentile), “–” = too cloudy to measure.

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.

Sources
  1. tanganyika.si — Lake Tanganyika interactive locations map: Katoto

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.

Altolamprologus (1)

Callochromis (1)

Neolamprologus (1)

Ophthalmotilapia (1)

Tropheus (1)

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